Frozen Food Question

[kingmed]

I fed my fish some Hikari frozen brine shrimp that comes in the small cubes aprox. 20 or so per package, well I fed one to my fish yesterday and left the rest on the counter for a few hr. would it be O.K. to use again after refreezing? It was put in the freezer about 3 hr. after being left out.

 

[iankent]

I fed my fish some Hikari frozen brine shrimp that comes in the small cubes aprox. 20 or so per package, well I fed one to my fish yesterday and left the rest on the counter for a few hr. would it be O.K. to use again after refreezing? It was put in the freezer about 3 hr. after being left out.

if the same applies to fish food as human food I'd say no - defrosting then refreezing food gives bacteria excellent opportunities to breed, so you could make your fish ill (just like if you ate refrozen chicken you'd make yourself ill!)

 

[Gremily]

I'm guessing refreezing isn't such a good idea as usually on human food it advices not to.
Sometimes I defrosted a cube, use half, and keep the remainder in the fridge over night and use it again the next day and I've never had any problems with this.

 

[doresy]

Hi, you should never refreeze any food whether for human or animal use.

I keep my frozen in a tupperware container along with a sharp knife. (Marked for fish use only) I then cut a chunk while still frozen and float it in a small dish of tank water to defrost before adding to the tank.

 

[jflowers]

I do just what Gremily does, but keep it for 2 days in the fridge. I make my own food mix using a cube of brine shrimp, a cube of angel/butterfly mix and a small peice of frozen cyclopeeze. I thaw this slowly in the fridge and feed that day and the next 2 days. I would not refreeze after though, dunno why lol.

Jon

 

[fry_lover]

who knows how often Frozen Food has thawed and then been frozen during shipment to the LFS, i bet it happens all the time and for longer than 1 hr!

 

[jflowers]

who knows how often Frozen Food has thawed and then been frozen during shipment to the LFS, i bet it happens all the time and for longer than 1 hr!

LOL very true, but best not to do it on purpose

Jon

 

[iankent]

who knows how often Frozen Food has thawed and then been frozen during shipment to the LFS, i bet it happens all the time and for longer than 1 hr!

thats possibly true, although when we can transport human frozen food so easily I dont see why it should be allowed to happen! even if it is true, that's no reason to introduce the additional risk - in this case you know its been thawed and refrozen!

 

[fry_lover]

who knows how often Frozen Food has thawed and then been frozen during shipment to the LFS, i bet it happens all the time and for longer than 1 hr!

LOL very true, but best not to do it on purpose

Jon

true, true