You make your own fish food?

[saltbubbles]

Tell me what you put in it and where you shop. If you've done it for a while and your fish haven't died or complained lol, I want to know the whole process.


What type of seafood?
How do you select it?
Rinse with RO or SW? If so, before or after you chop or put it in a blender?
to drain or not to drain? before freezing

Please let us know the whole process and thanks in advance for your help

 

[ralph atl]

I use 4-1-1 PE Mysis, and Hikari Brine, and chopped up shrimp from Publix.

I take out four cups 1/2 full of RO/DI water. I portion out to thaw.

About 10 minute later, I strain each cup, pour addition RO/DI water...flip in small Tupperware.
I then add about 2 drops of Selcon per cup. Each is for one day...

Put in frig.

I also feed an assortment of other foods, occasionally...

Live Black Worms, Nutra-Ova, and others...

Sea Atlanta, Avarium, and ATL Aquarium are my food sources....

 

[jef4y]

Anyone else? Would love to hear recipes on this.

 

[bruce 1]

I have been making food for 2.5 years now. I will try to put mine in my build thread. (I need to up date since the tank is up and running) My fish go nuts over mine and they are fat as pigs.

 

[ripped tide]

I've been wanting to make my own food for a long time, but I've always feared that the fish wouldn't eat it.

 

[bruce 1]

Mine was picky with everything I feed, some one told me on RC to try this blend and it worked. I even thought about trying it myself.

 

[ripped tide]

Lol! I'll be looking for the recipe in your build.

 

[saltbubbles]

mysterybox;785790 wrote: I use 4-1-1 PE Mysis, and Hikari Brine, and chopped up shrimp from Publix.

I take out four cups 1/2 full of RO/DI water. I portion out to thaw.

About 10 minute later, I strain each cup, pour addition RO/DI water...flip in small Tupperware.
I then add about 2 drops of Selcon per cup. Each is for one day...

Put in frig.

I also feed an assortment of other foods, occasionally...

Live Black Worms, Nutra-Ova, and others...



Sea Atlanta, Avarium, and ATL Aquarium are my food sources....

Thank you for sharing this with us!

 

[ralph atl]

saltbubbles;786007 wrote: Thank you for sharing this with us!

You're welcome! Albeit it's not nessessary a recipe per se...it's what I feed...

 

[saltbubbles]

Come on guys, I know there is more than one person that makes gourmet food for their fish. Please let us in on your secret you have nothing to lose and knowledge to share.

Edit:

Ripped Tide;785959 wrote: I've been wanting to make my own food for a long time, but I've always feared that the fish wouldn't eat it.

Kitchen deja vu? lol

 

[ripped tide]

Haha! A friend of mine tried his hand at making fish food, and my fish never really liked it.

Edit: I KNOW they like PE mysis soaked in selcon and garlic :thumbs:

 

[lilrobb]

1lbs of mixed seafood (frozen) from the Farmersmarket
Send through food processor (yes - frozen)

Add 1 apple, 1 whole garlic, 1 head of broccoli
Send through food processor again

Add 1 pack frozen mysis
Add 4 sheets of Nori
Add 1 pack of fresh/rinsed/unsalted fish eggs (sushi section)

Blend well - freeze in flat packs

DONE

My fish love it

 

[miami dolfan]

2 packs of seafood mix, 3 lbs of the cheap shrimp(heads and all) 3 oz of garlic guard, 1/2 bottle of selcon and 3 nori sheets. Chop well in mini chopper, mix all ingredients together and fill 6 plastic ice trays and cover with saran wrap.

 

[texhorns98]

http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html">http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html</a>

Here is the recipe I've used for 2 years now. My fish love it! The original purchases were about $60 and that made me food for 5 months. The next time was only around $30 for another 5 months. I have two more (at least) rounds of $30 for 5 months before I need to spend another $60.

 

[rhyerob]

Keep up the recipes

 

[saltbubbles]

Thank you guys we really appreciate your recipes!! @ LilRob, Miami Dolfan, Texhorns98

 

[miami dolfan]

This will save you some serious $$ in the long run.

 

[jef4y]

I haven't ever made my own food because I've only had a few small fish and it wasn't economically sensible because even the smallest amount of food would last over a year. But now with the bigger tank I'd like to try it not really to save money, but perhaps to give the fish a higher grade of food.

The recipes here & those at Melev's site are awesome!

 

[miami dolfan]

I forgot to mention that I get all of it at the Buford farmers marker and all of it runs me about $12 and $18 for a whole bundle of about 100 seaweed sheets(excluding the garlic guard and selcon, of course!)

 

[legalreefer]

Mine is simple and seems to work:
50% PE mysis 50% plankton with pellets and garlic mixed up and frozen. The fish eat it up and are fat and healty (other my tank havinf hlle). I also feerd them nori sheets which all my fish eat. I get it from Super H Mart. It is very inexpensive there.