home made fish food

[oozy]

Hi, I have started to collect ingredents for homemade fish food.
It was really funny to go to the supermarket and order 1 oyster, 1mohagony clam and 1 little neck clam. the guy asked, "just one???" and looked at me like i was crazy...
so this is what ive got so far.
meat:
1 oyster
1 mohogony clam
1 little neck clam
1 bag cooked shrimp
1 salmon fillet
vegies:
spinach
im going to go to LFS to get vitamins, and garlic elixor. but what kind???
is there anything else i need???
proportions of salmon & shrimp?
i dont have a food processor, so im going to have to do some mincing, unless i see one at the store, anyone know how much these run?
lots of questions I know, thanks for your time!
-oozy-

 

[oozy]

also, do i use real garlic? or LFS bought garlic elixor?

 

[milomlo]

Originally Posted by Oozy
also, do i use real garlic? or LFS bought garlic elixor?
Well you can use real garlic but if you don't have a food processor I would suggest Kents Marine Garlic Xtreme.
I just made my first batch of food myself and I used my food processor and use real garlic. The fish LOVE it. However, I have purchased Kents from that major auction site as well as a small food processor that I will use ONLY for making my fish food. I only paid like 12 bucks including shipping for the food processor. Look there they have some cheap ones but watch out for shipping that is what usually gets ya.
I read on another post that for salmon to use just a thin slice of salmon as to much salmon can be bad. I have also read that it is best not to use cooked items as alot of the nutrients is cooked out. However I have also read on here that several people do use cooked.
Here is what I used
a few cubes each of mysis and brine shrimp (because I have them)
4 uncooked shrimp (peeled of course

)
1 clove garlic
handful of fresh spinach
handful of marine flakes
handful of shrimp pellets (because I have them)
a little RO water
Now once I use all the mysis and brine cubes I will probably just use fresh food. Maybe use some mysis. I like making it, and my fish love it.

 

[oozy]

well, thanks!
I just finished, but i had to hand purae (sp) and it took forever.
I fed my fish, they seemed to like it, LOTS of oil filmed on the surface though.
good thing for the skimmer...
and...
I just grilled the rest of the salmon fillet, with honey, garlic glaze, i made, yummy

-oozy-

 

[puffer24/7]

never never use cooked shrimp it takes all of the nutrients out of it

 

[milomlo]

Originally Posted by Oozy
well, thanks!
LOTS of oil filmed on the surface though.good thing for the skimmer...
and...
I just grilled the rest of the salmon fillet, with honey, garlic glaze, i made, yummy

-oozy-
Someone else told me that too. They said it was from they oyster and they wouldn't use the oyster again. So you could consider that.
The salmon sounds yummy :jumping:

 

[misty7850]

My husband and I like seafood soup, so when I go to the store and get the mixed bag of seafood, and also get salmon (I only used a little bit of that).. and scallops.. mixed it all together with garlic (2 cloves) I also add cyclopez, 2 sheets of seaweed, one green and one brown, and a little water and my fish luv it.. I got my recipe from one of snailheave's posts.. my fish love it.

 

[cabot]

Hey Misty......How bout directions for the soup? And, we are land locked here. So, I have never heard of a mixed bag of seafood. Is it frozen? What is in it?

 

[milomlo]

Is the mixed bag cooked?? I have not been able to find a raw bag of mixed seafood yet. If it is raw please tell me where you get it.

 

[chadpie]

I use a handful of unpeeled raw shrimp, scallop and some white fish if we have any in the house. I chop it finely by hand, I used a food processor the first time but prefer the hand chop. I felt that the machine left too much inedible mess that the fish could not eat and just gunked up the water. I mix in some garlic juice and wrap it up sushi style in seaweed sheets. I then freeze it and cut up slices and keep it in the freezer. I make enough for a few weeks, relatively low mess and everyone is happy. I will throw in a pack of formula two fozen cubes into the concoction from time to time.