Making my own food, suggestions?

seeinstars89

seeinstars89

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I recently decided to start making my own fish food and wanted some suggestions for what to put in it for my particular types of fish. I dont have corals. I do have
Queen Angel
Blue Tang
Clowns
Green Coris Wrasse
From what I have gathered from everyone else, good options would be:
squid
shrimp
scallops
octopus
mussels
clams
I add algea to a clip every few days.
I bought some Zoecon because my angel has HLLE and that was suggested. I dont know how much to add though and I also want to put in galic in. With the galic how much should i feed and should i put it in the mix to freeze or add it when i serve the food?
Thanks for the help.
 
lost in it all

lost in it all

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don't know first hand but everything i have read about garlic is that most of the benificial parts are only active when it is fresh if this is true don't put it in till you feed.
 
seeinstars89

seeinstars89

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Yes, I did read that but wanted to know if there was anything specific for my kinds of fish and also read that garlic should be put in right before feeding to be beneficial instead of frozen in the mix. I think I might just put it in right before I feed while my fish has the HLLE and when she is better start mixing in in the actual frozen part.
 
t316

t316

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Depends on what your purpose is for the garlic. If you are trying to get the medicinal benefits, then fresh. But you can use the liquid, or frozen, etc to enhance the flavor of other foods. This will help a fish that's a picky eater be more attracted to the food.
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Here's my homemade feeding regiment:
Food is made from shrimp, clams, squid, scallops, mysis, cyclop-eeze, and an algae sheet. When I feed pieces of this, I let it thaw in a cup and soak it with some freshly pressed/chopped garlic and Selcon or Vita-Chem. After about 5-10 minutes I put it in the tank. I usually don't put the garlic directly into the tank, I only leave it soaking in the vitamins and food as it thaws so the juices get into the food.
If you put the garlic in the food when you mix it in the blender/processor, the beneficial compound, alicin, breaks down within 10-15 minutes so it doesn't really help after freezing the food.
 
seeinstars89

seeinstars89

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Thank you all for your replys. I think I am off to a good start. On another note
My grocery store only sells one mixed bag of seafood and in it they have some good things but then they have imitation crab meat and cooked mussels then if you read the ingredients there are things like flavor enhancers and junk like that? Should I avoid anything that has stuff like flavor enhancers? And it should be fresh, not cooked regardless of what it is, correct?
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Originally Posted by seeinstars89
http:///forum/post/2794876
Thank you all for your replys. I think I am off to a good start. On another note
My grocery store only sells one mixed bag of seafood and in it they have some good things but then they have imitation crab meat and cooked mussels then if you read the ingredients there are things like flavor enhancers and junk like that? Should I avoid anything that has stuff like flavor enhancers? And it should be fresh, not cooked regardless of what it is, correct?
Correct, avoid flavoring of any kind (even salt) and only raw/fresh items.
 
maryg

maryg

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Originally Posted by lost in it all
http:///forum/post/2794106
don't know first hand but everything i have read about garlic is that most of the benificial parts are only active when it is fresh if this is true don't put it in till you feed.
I made a couple of batches of homemade fish food. Used scallops, squid, shrimp, and a half of flounder filet, and 1 clove of garlic. It sure smells fresh! It reeks of garlic when I open the bag.
 
maryg

maryg

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Go to your local fish market or fresh fish section of your grocery store. It is so cheap to get a handful of each of the above. It is much less than buying 7-8$ of frozen cubes and probably even better. When you blend the food is different sizes and chunks. So everyone gets their size. My shrimp and serpent starfish love it!
 
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vince-1961

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I live on the ocean. I guess the next time I go offshore fishing, I ought to keep a couple of squids, jellyfish, fish, shrimp...whatever ...., bring them home, and make chum, then freeze the chum in serving sizes, eh?
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by vince-1961
http:///forum/post/2796242
I live on the ocean. I guess the next time I go offshore fishing, I ought to keep a couple of squids, jellyfish, fish, shrimp...whatever ...., bring them home, and make chum, then freeze the chum in serving sizes, eh?
Kind of the idea.
I stick a whole garlic in mine, and make about a gallon of the stuff, incuding about 1/4 of water.
 
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vince-1961

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Or I could just go to the beach and toss a cast net.
Does it really matter what goes into the chum?
I was thinking that as long as it was fresh from the ocean, alive when caught, then grounded or "blendered" into chum, that it really wouldn't matter too much.
Is this right or wrong?
 
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