What to do with pellets that are too big for fish? Help

[Tamberav]

Toss them out and buy some frozen LRS instead *grin*

 

[Miami Reef]

I was told that breaking the pellets up and using them would cause problems in the aquarium like elevated nutrients and other problems... But I never faced that Issue with freshwater fish food when keeping freshwater fish

Thats illogical. The pellet, whether consumed or not, will raise the nutrients nearly identically. Fish expel most of the nitrogen and phosphorus from the food they consume.

 

[reefinginBD]

When I bought the wrong sized pellets once I just pressed them lightly with the side of a butter knife and they broke into smaller pieces. Then I feed in small portions to make sure they didn't end up in the sand. It is easy and quick enough that I just crushed what I planned to feed that time. I would not grind or use a mortar/pestle as that will tend to make a lot of fine powder.

That’s what I did today! But with a big spoon, next time I’ll use the butter knife, don’t want to bend the spoon, mom will kill me haha

 

[reefinginBD]

I place within a paper towel and lightly tap with hammer. You dont want to beat it to powder form

Yeap that’s exactly what I did but with a spoon, next time I’ll use the hammer or something flat like a butter knife. Thanks for the advice!

 

[reefinginBD]

Toss them out and buy some frozen LRS instead *grin*

I wanted to use frozen food but they are rarely available here :/
Would have been much easier with that

 

[reefinginBD]

Thats illogical. The pellet, whether consumed or not, will raise the nutrients nearly identically. Fish expel most of the nitrogen and phosphorus from the food they consume.

That’s what I know as well, maybe they thought that I would turn it into a powder and use it which would be of more waste since the fish wouldn’t be able to consume most of that

I used to do this with my freshwater fish and never had problems with the parameters, when I heard this for the reef tank it just didn’t make sense

 

[Miami Reef]

maybe they thought that I would turn it into a powder and use it which would be of more waste since the fish wouldn’t be able to consume most of that

Wait until they learn about the powders and reef roids people dose to feed corals.

That claim is nonsense.

 

[SpyC]

I feed pellets that are too large or fish don't like to my lps corals.

 

[Tamberav]

I wanted to use frozen food but they are rarely available here :/
Would have been much easier with that

Make your own!

 

[reefinginBD]

Wait until they learn about the powders and reef roids people dose to feed corals.

That claim is nonsense.

lol thanks!

 

[reefinginBD]

I feed pellets that are too large or fish don't like to my lps corals.

Mine are for herbivorous fish is it safe to feed to corals?

 

[GARRIGA]

Use this to crush pills. Should work on pellets although it’s going to be a powder. Pepper grinder likely better as suggested.

 

[reefinginBD]

Make your own!

Really? How? Can you give me a recipe to follow?

 

[reefinginBD]

Use this to crush pills. Should work on pellets although it’s going to be a powder. Pepper grinder likely better as suggested.

This should work as well! I’m using a hammer for now which seems to be fine tho

 

[Tamberav]

Really? How? Can you give me a recipe to follow?

You do not need everything on here, basically just make a seafood medley with what you can find.

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[reefinginBD]

Thank you so much!