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09/05/2006, 05:20 PM
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Homemade Frozen Fish Food Recipe
Ok... this is my first go at it (in large scale anyways) so here is what I am planning to use.
Krill Mysis Cyclopeze Oyster Eggs Selcon RODI Water Throw it all in a blender (while the wife is out of the house of course) Add to trays Freeze and feed. Thanks for any input. Shane
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09/05/2006, 05:28 PM
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How about adding some nori? Gotta have a balanced diet.
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09/05/2006, 05:34 PM
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Here is what else I have added to my homemade food besides your list. Just go to the nearest Asian supermarket and you'll find all the items for sale.
Silverfish (really small fish) Frozen oysters Frozen clams Frozen squid A few scallops Nori sheets And whatever else you feel like while shopping. I don't think any of the fresh seafoods are problematic. I bought a $10 blender from Big Lots to blend my food so I don't have to argue about the smell Put the blended food in zip lock bags and freeze flat. Makes it easier to break off whatever size you need to feed the tank. Have fun. I know I did and my whole tank loves it. I don't know about the Reef Roids tho if you have SPS. The last time I put that stuff into a tank, some of my SPS weren't too happy afterwards and there was some tissue death. Don't know if it's related to the Reef Roids tho.
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09/05/2006, 05:36 PM
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my porc puffer doesn't even look at the formula 2 and trigger formula I put in the tank. He only pays attention to shrimp.
any idea on how to get a porc puffer to eat frozen prepared food?
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09/05/2006, 06:00 PM
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so you're basically buying frozen food, thawing, and blending it up again?
here is my mix: Formula 1 frozen Formula 2 flake Hikari Mysis Aqua Yums Mysis Ocean Nutrition Reef Blend (no gel binders) Shot of DTs Reef Phyto Reef Roids Freeze Dried Cyclopeeze Spirulina flake Drop of Zoomax Drop of Salifert Coral Food Selcon Boyds VitaChem imo, i leave the mix of clams, scallops, fish bits etc. to formula 1 and ocean nutrition reef mix. i figure all my corals can absorb something from that batch. oh, and i'm gonna add my Ultramin F sample tonight (thanks Gabe!)
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09/05/2006, 06:06 PM
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I totally forgot about adding silversides.
I normally just feed Nori on a clip... but you think it would be good to add to my homemade cubes? Why not. I like the idea of the spirulina. I suppose if I added enough stuff in, I could just feed the frozen food and no pellets/flakes... SWEET! I have a question though. Before, I was thawing out the frozen food with RODI/Selcon mixture. When I make this batch, do I just dump it in the tank? I imagine thawing it out would make a mess.
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09/05/2006, 06:11 PM
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Most of the bigger frozen seafood isn't too messy when thawing. In terms of the frozen mysis, krill, and other smaller foods, I just break into small pieces and dump into the blender and mix first with just enough liquid to get it going. Add more ro/di water or other liquid foods as needed. It worked fine for me that way.
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#9
09/05/2006, 07:01 PM
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Here is a link to a video (reefcast) on making fish/coral food. Dennis
http://www.reefcast.com/videos/DIY_Fish_Food.mpg |
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#10
09/05/2006, 11:41 PM
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Do you think the human frozen foods are ok for the tank? It is probably really cheap.
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