travelerjp98
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I recently made another batch of it:
Homemade fish food.
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travelerjp98
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Haha... "yum!" was my first thought too when I was done making it!
Well, my recipe:
-Salmon (without skin) (1/4 cup)
-5" block of Krill
-5 cubes, Marine cuisine
-1 baby carrot
-A clump of chaetomorpha; 1"X1"X1"
-10 Silversides (roughly)
-Around a 1/2 tablespoon of pellets
I throw it all into a food chopper thing until most of the chunks are small, but not to the point where its "mush"... I would have to estimate around 1/16" to 1/4" chunks
Then, what I consider the most important part, I take a tea strainer and Rinse the food several times, with small lumps of the food on the tea strainer each time. This is especially important because Salmon is a very oily fish and if it isn't rinsed, it ruins water quality... fast.
Positives:
-My fish love it. No doubt about that!
-I think that it's assissting in my hippo tang's HLLE... not sure though. I haven't been doing it for a long enough steady period of time.
-MUCH better on water quality... because I rinse it several times, all the really little pieces that my fish wouldn't have gotten to anyways and would have ended up as nitrates aren't in the equation. Also, all the excess oils that make the water cloudy are also removed...
Negatives:
-It took me an hour to do it!
-I DID NOT want to eat after making it. LOL.
Well, my recipe:
-Salmon (without skin) (1/4 cup)
-5" block of Krill
-5 cubes, Marine cuisine
-1 baby carrot
-A clump of chaetomorpha; 1"X1"X1"
-10 Silversides (roughly)
-Around a 1/2 tablespoon of pellets
I throw it all into a food chopper thing until most of the chunks are small, but not to the point where its "mush"... I would have to estimate around 1/16" to 1/4" chunks
Then, what I consider the most important part, I take a tea strainer and Rinse the food several times, with small lumps of the food on the tea strainer each time. This is especially important because Salmon is a very oily fish and if it isn't rinsed, it ruins water quality... fast.
Positives:
-My fish love it. No doubt about that!
-I think that it's assissting in my hippo tang's HLLE... not sure though. I haven't been doing it for a long enough steady period of time.
-MUCH better on water quality... because I rinse it several times, all the really little pieces that my fish wouldn't have gotten to anyways and would have ended up as nitrates aren't in the equation. Also, all the excess oils that make the water cloudy are also removed...
Negatives:
-It took me an hour to do it!
-I DID NOT want to eat after making it. LOL.
travelerjp98
Active Member
Bump.
travelerjp98
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Well, I didn't get the recipe exactly from anywhere.
I developed it myself using components of other hobbyists' home made fish food.
I developed it myself using components of other hobbyists' home made fish food.
snakeblitz33
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All my home made recipes were raw shrimp based. Interesting that yours is fish based.
btldreef
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What fish are in your tank?
Here's a couple of my thoughts:
Instead of marine cuisine, I'd just do Mysis, since you're already adding in other meats, get the extra nutrients from mysis.
Add in a sheet of nori or even better, colored algae sheets (purple, red, brown), they're more nutritious that chaeto. This is dependent on how many herbivores you have though.
Be careful with salmon. It should be wild caught when possible. It's very nutritious, and fish love it, but it's also very fatty.
Here's a couple of my thoughts:
Instead of marine cuisine, I'd just do Mysis, since you're already adding in other meats, get the extra nutrients from mysis.
Add in a sheet of nori or even better, colored algae sheets (purple, red, brown), they're more nutritious that chaeto. This is dependent on how many herbivores you have though.
Be careful with salmon. It should be wild caught when possible. It's very nutritious, and fish love it, but it's also very fatty.
snakeblitz33
Well-Known Member
Feeding fatty foods like salmon and oysters give fish "fatty liver disease" if fed in excess...
Just goes to show the same for humans - Makes you think twice about what you put in your mouth.
Just goes to show the same for humans - Makes you think twice about what you put in your mouth.
travelerjp98
Active Member
I appreciate all of the comments and discussion!
Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439728
What fish are in your tank? 2 tangs and a damsel.
Here's a couple of my thoughts:
Instead of marine cuisine, I'd just do Mysis, since you're already adding in other meats, get the extra nutrients from mysis.Good idea- I will probably be using it next time. I was using ingerdients that I already had, though, and didn't happen to have mysis....
Add in a sheet of nori or even better, colored algae sheets (purple, red, brown), they're more nutritious that chaeto. This is dependent on how many herbivores you have though. When I was making it, I was thinking about it, but I already feed a lot of purple seaweed sheets supplementally. I used chaeto just to mix it up and give the fish some variety.
Be careful with salmon. It should be wild caught when possible. It should be wild caught when possible for people to eat too... but it's also usually a lot more expensive. I do believe in only eating wild-caught seafood too... It's very nutritious, and fish love it, but it's also very fatty.That's a great point.... I do have to be careful with it... I just happened to have it.
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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439730
Feeding fatty foods like salmon and oysters give fish "fatty liver disease" if fed in excess... Yep, same with a lot of feeder fish...
Just goes to show the same for humans - Makes you think twice about what you put in your mouth. Amen.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439728
What fish are in your tank? 2 tangs and a damsel.
Here's a couple of my thoughts:
Instead of marine cuisine, I'd just do Mysis, since you're already adding in other meats, get the extra nutrients from mysis.Good idea- I will probably be using it next time. I was using ingerdients that I already had, though, and didn't happen to have mysis....
Add in a sheet of nori or even better, colored algae sheets (purple, red, brown), they're more nutritious that chaeto. This is dependent on how many herbivores you have though. When I was making it, I was thinking about it, but I already feed a lot of purple seaweed sheets supplementally. I used chaeto just to mix it up and give the fish some variety.
Be careful with salmon. It should be wild caught when possible. It should be wild caught when possible for people to eat too... but it's also usually a lot more expensive. I do believe in only eating wild-caught seafood too... It's very nutritious, and fish love it, but it's also very fatty.That's a great point.... I do have to be careful with it... I just happened to have it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439730
Feeding fatty foods like salmon and oysters give fish "fatty liver disease" if fed in excess... Yep, same with a lot of feeder fish...
Just goes to show the same for humans - Makes you think twice about what you put in your mouth. Amen.
travelerjp98
Active Member
You think that I should even though their diet is half sheets, half of this mixture?
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
travelerjp98
Active Member
Haha... I stuff my tanks with them too... but I guess I will even more. Thanks for your thoughts, TommieLynn!
snakeblitz33
Well-Known Member
Something that may or may not help with your tanks HLLE is to remove the carbon from your system. Another thing, besides feeding a variety of sheets is to soak the sheets in Selcon / Super Selcon. Selcon is a vitamin C and multivitamin supplement that helps give fish an extra boost of vitamins in their diet. Feeding fresh algae is always better than dried, dehydrated algae. So, I'm going to go ahead and say it..... you can always feed fresh, live hair algae from an algae scrubber to supplement your herbivores diets. 
travelerjp98
Active Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439754
We too make our own "critter feast" with the left overs I add a few other ingrediants and use as coral food.
Home made coral food? Pretty cool too.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439769
Something that may or may not help with your tanks HLLE is to remove the carbon from your system. Another thing, besides feeding a variety of sheets is to soak the sheets in Selcon / Super Selcon. Selcon is a vitamin C and multivitamin supplement that helps give fish an extra boost of vitamins in their diet. Feeding fresh algae is always better than dried, dehydrated algae. So, I'm going to go ahead and say it..... you can always feed fresh, live hair algae from an algae scrubber to supplement your herbivores diets.
Thanks for the other ideas.
...And of course you had to mention an algae scrubber.... somehow.
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439754
We too make our own "critter feast" with the left overs I add a few other ingrediants and use as coral food.
Home made coral food? Pretty cool too.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389281/homemade-fish-food#post_3439769
Something that may or may not help with your tanks HLLE is to remove the carbon from your system. Another thing, besides feeding a variety of sheets is to soak the sheets in Selcon / Super Selcon. Selcon is a vitamin C and multivitamin supplement that helps give fish an extra boost of vitamins in their diet. Feeding fresh algae is always better than dried, dehydrated algae. So, I'm going to go ahead and say it..... you can always feed fresh, live hair algae from an algae scrubber to supplement your herbivores diets.
Thanks for the other ideas.
...And of course you had to mention an algae scrubber.... somehow.
florida joe
Well-Known Member
A good starting point for your mix IMO is a package of readily available at your local supermarket seafood mix. It contains shrimp, clams, squid, mussels and octopus
travelerjp98
Active Member
Not bad...