Regular Member Batto Posted February 12, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted February 12, 2013 Hi guys, my lovely oranda has thankfully recovered from a bacterial infection and I am being scrupulous about her water and food. I made some gel food approx 6 months ago that contained salmon did a quick search and they say you should never freeze fish longer than this. How long can you freeze gel food for? And do we believe it could do any harm if you feed it to your fish if it is past it's best by date? Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted February 12, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted February 12, 2013 It probably is fine, but I'm one that goes with "when in doubt - throw it out". It's just not worth the risk to me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Batto Posted February 12, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 12, 2013 Cheers Oerba, think I'll start a new batch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Narny105 Posted February 12, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted February 12, 2013 6 months? I would only freeze things like ham for 6 months. For salmon and other fatty fish, I wouldn't freeze longer than 3 months since the fish deteriorate and decline in quality. When I am using salmon in gel foods, I generally make enough for 1 month at a time, and take out a weeks worth of gel food at a time to stick into the fridge. I don't even keep frozen blood worms past 3 months, since they are usually quite dry and lacking quality by then I don't think you would need to make gel food lasting 6 months plus, because it just declines in quality. It's much easier to make it lasting no longer than 2-3 months, since then you really don't have to worry about the quality of it during that time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Batto Posted February 13, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 13, 2013 Yes totally agree Narny, it was my first batch of gel food and I made soooo much!! I will halve the ingredients this time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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