Rod's Food (Frozen reef food)

[FoothillCorals]

Anyone know if this is available locally?

[eagleONE]

I only place that I am aware of is through a dealer in SF.

Great food by the way.

[dieselgrk]

i wonder if we can get a group buy through the manufacture. i have been hearing a lot of GREAT stuff about this and have been dieing to give it a try.

[eagleONE]

My old roommate, Norcal99, organized a group buy over on the BAR forum. Each package was around 20 dollars. Rod makes the food for his clown onyx. I feed it to my fish and they love it.

Jay

[FoothillCorals]

I would be up for a group buy. If not maybe we could talk John at Your Reef or Exotic into stocking it?

[Buskey]

Count me in as well. I will send a note to The Coral Reef shop and ask Brian.

[reefer334]

I may be wrong but I think I saw it at Excotic Aquarium.I am going there today, I will let you know later if they do.

[kdblove_99]

WHat makes it so great?

I use PE mysis shrimp and every fish i have ever had loves it, so how does it compare?

[FoothillCorals]

Originally posted by kdblove_99
WHat makes it so great?

I use PE mysis shrimp and every fish i have ever had loves it, so how does it compare?

You should give your fish some variety, Rod's food is perfect for that. It supposedly feeds your corals as well.

Ingredients: Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Brine, Krill, Mysis, Grouper (or perch), Red Nori, green Nori, Broccoli, carrot, Frozen red plankton, Golden pearl (7 sizes), DTs Oyster eggs, Selco, Fresh hatched brine, and Freshly harvested rotifers.

[Fragmented]

I'd like it a lot if it didn't have the land vegetables in it.

[FoothillCorals]

Originally posted by Fragmented
I'd like it a lot if it didn't have the land vegetables in it.

I was questioning this also. Their advertising says this:

Why are there land based vegetables in Rods Food? Broccoli is high in vitamin C content and vitamin C has been proven to help with HLLE. Carrots have carotenoids that aid in coloration.

[Fragmented]

I'm not convinced that land veggies are the best source for those vitamins since marine animals would NEVER encounter them naturally.

I prefer to use several different seaweeds for my reef's veggie nutrition.

My Tangs go crazy for dulse flakes.

[FoothillCorals]

I just got back from Your Reef. I asked John about it, he was not big on the recipe. He dose not like nori part of the recipe. He said that the nori would be a source of phosphate. Which I agree with. But did say that he would look into trying to get some in. As far as the land based veggies go I have about read more pros than cons to its use.

I don't know, I'm still up for trying it. There a to many positive reports about this stuff. If nothing else I will pick some up next time I am in the bay area.

[kdblove_99]

Doesnt sound to promising

[Larry Robison]

Just wondering . . . does anyone still mix their own? Like the Sanjay mix. Brian and I made a lot of it some years ago, and the fish FREAKED over it. As I remember, it was equal parts shrimp, scallop, squid, sardine, and then some nori, food processored in three parts, yadda, yadda, yadda. Anyway, is anyone still doing that (is it appropriate to hijack a thread using your real name)?

[Fragmented]

I make my own. My fish love it. I make it different every time depending on what is available.

[kevin95695]

So do you just go to the fishmonger and get daily fresh whatever, blender it, freeze in ice cube tray?

[Fragmented]

Sort of.

I also add some different kinds of sea veggies and Selcon to a mixture of fish, shrimp, clams and scallops. If there are other interesting things that are affordable, they go in too. (Just make sure it is all saltwater.) Sometimes I add frozen LFS food too such as plankton.

I blend it all together in a fish food only food processor and pour it into gallon bags to freeze. I put enough into each bag so that it makes a thin sheet when it lays flat. To feed I just break off some and thaw it in tank water. I did it a few times using tiny ice cube trays and it was too much of a pain.

If I have more fish than will fit in the food processor, I freeze it until next time. Just make sure to thaw it all the way before trying to blend it. (I speak from experience on that one---what a mess.)

I have also used things from the frozen section of Grocery Outlet. Just make sure it is raw and not seasoned. They have some good deals sometimes. It is also easier than taking shells off of the clams and scallops.

[bored4long]

this is what I will be doing if I ever get up and running...

I already have the Selco (not selcon), Tahitian Blend, Nori, and Formula 1 and 2 flake to add to the fresh seafood mix.

[Fragmented]

Sorry, I meant Selco. I don't add the flake food to mine so that I avoid the preservatives. I only feed the dried foods occasionally.

[kevin95695]

Selco? What's that? New to me.

[Fragmented]

It's similar to Selcon. Harder to get here, and more expensive.