Fish Food Storage

[ChemBob]

How does everyone store their fish food? Can I keep it in my stand sealed in the containers? Or does everyone keep most of it frozen? If so, how much of a supply do you pull out at a time?

[Fish Folk]

Old fridge for dry foods and Artemia eggs. 

[brighamthatcher]

love the mermaid barbie lol. I keep my fish food in a small cooler with icepacks. it keeps the fish food at about 35 degrees. I just have to replace the icepacks every other day and refreeze the warmer ones. maybe its worth it, maybe its not. but I like to do it.

[GardenStateGoldfish]

I suggest keeping it frozen or refrigerated, I keep small containers out of the freezer and I refill them when they run low. Some commercial brands can lose up to 50% nutrition in the first week due to oxidation and moisture. 

Heat doesnt help (most fish rooms are hot and humid, mine is cold) 

 

[ChemBob]

1 hour ago, brighamthatcher said:

love the mermaid barbie lol. I keep my fish food in a small cooler with icepacks. it keeps the fish food at about 35 degrees. I just have to replace the icepacks every other day and refreeze the warmer ones. maybe its worth it, maybe its not. but I like to do it.

Haha, I didn't even notice the barbie. Guess its half fish, so still fits the forum, right? 

[FrozenFins]

I don't keep my foods in the fridge or freezer. I usually keep the specific food for that tank in the stand. I have never referigrated food (well I do referigate frozen foods) and I have never had a problem with not doing it. 

[Andy's Fish Den]

I have small containers that I will mix foods in. I'll mix several foods together so that the entire tank gets a variety. I keep a couple out to feed from then rest of food goes in freezer. 

[Maggie]

I keep the main package of the "special" foods in the freezer, and keep smaller containers in fridge. The pellets and flake are just kept in fridge. 

[Fonske]

My dry foods go into small containers that sit next to the tanks. I don't refrigerate/freeze dry foods because the fridge is occupied by frozen foods and BBS eggs (a fact my spouse often reminds me about :). 

[TheDukeAnumber1]

Sealed container in baggie in fridge. Smaller portions I use up within a few weeks I keep in small bottles by the tank.

[Calvin]

I had no idea you could store dried food in the fridge. I always end up with tubs half full because they have expired and I don't manage to finish them so they usually end up in the bin!  

Game changer! 👌🏻😄

 

[Struggle]

15 hours ago, GardenStateGoldfish said:

I suggest keeping it frozen or refrigerated, I keep small containers out of the freezer and I refill them when they run low. Some commercial brands can lose up to 50% nutrition in the first week due to oxidation and moisture. 

Heat doesnt help (most fish rooms are hot and humid, mine is cold) 

 

I do the same, keeping enough out for a week or two at the most.

[FishyJames]

I have my larger containers in the refrigerator and refill smaller containers that are kept at the tank.

[H.K.Luterman]

My fish food (and a package of tortoise pellets) get a shelf in the fridge. I also have some stuff in the freezer.

[Shmaty]

22 hours ago, Andy's Fish Den said:

I have small containers that I will mix foods in. I'll mix several foods together so that the entire tank gets a variety.

I do the same. I have some old mason jars and I mix a slew of freeze dried critters into them. I've noticed some fish are picky and they dont all like the same thing. I got tired of opening half a dozen containers for each tank just to suite everyone.

I'll be honest I cant recall what all is in here but I know my fish chow down on it! I mixed 8-9 different foods. About half of them float and the others sink at varying speeds.

This is my normal mix. I'll offset with frozen food periodically too.