Frozen Fish Food - Buying in Bulk, saving money

DyM

DyM

Sting ray
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I recently bought frozen food from Brine Shrimp Direct (http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/Frozen-Foods-c5.html)

And I can't tell you what a great deal it was. For $92, which includes shipping, I received:

6 boxes of frozen brine (that's 7 tray's of 30 cubes per box = 42 tray (or 1260 cubes)
1 box of mysis (that's 7 trays (or 210 cubes)
1 kilo (that's 2.2lbs) frozen block

That's $1.87 per tray (30 cubes), plus the 1 kilo block for free... and includes shipping..... to my door. The customer service was top notch too, more important, the quality of all the items seems better than San Francisco Bay or Hikari. The Brine are dark, but the water (when putting cubes in water to defrost) was clear. Great product in my book.

Go bulk, save $$
 
CRW Reef

CRW Reef

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Re: Frozen Fish Food - Buying in Bulk, saving money

Wow you ordered a lot of food. Think you will use that much before it gets freezer burn?
 
DyM

DyM

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I feed 4 cubes a day so I bought enough for a year. I ususally (well should say use to) buy from petco or whereever it was cheapest at the time for 6 months (2 boxes of Bryne and a few trays of mysis) and since they are in the foil, they're protected for the most part. I've never had an issue before with freezer burn.
In hind sight, I would go to petco with a 10% off cupon, and buy the food on sale, and pay $65 for 6 months of food. Those days are in the past.
 
280g-reefman

280g-reefman

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Holy smokes that is a deal. I always buy fish food by the case but not that cheap. Will have to check it out. Also have never had freezer burn issues with cubed food myself. I do with the pe mysis that comes in the big blocks however. The fish still eat it regardless.
 
freedominco

freedominco

Angel Fish
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Frozen Fish Food - Buying in Bulk, saving money

I bought 3 boxes of frozen food from these guys, got in on a group buy on thescmas.com, I too use to buy frozen from the pet store and buying online saved me a ton. The food seem to be high quality and the cubes are filled completely to the top, I have enough food to last awhile. If your buying frozen this is the way to go, I think things only get freezer burnt if they are not completely sealed so that's not a concern of mine.


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daverf

Tang
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what a tip, Dave. thanks!
 
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Fitz19d

Bat Fish
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Also, for those not wanting to buy an entire years supply, I could possibly host a northern colorado + north Denver group buy if it would make rates better. (Havn't checked the website yet, but if nothing else should save shipping.)
 
DyM

DyM

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Of the $92, $21 was for shipping so doing a group buy would really help make the cost per unit go down. I didn't know if I would love or hate it so I didn't try and coordinate one. Next year, I would ask around before ordering. I think they offer 5% off too for group buys. Going from memory on that one.

Lastly, for flake food, I ordered several pounds from - http://www.kensfish.com/kens-premium-flake-food.html

That is way cheaper than buying flakes in 5.5 oz containers.
 
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