any one have a home made fish food recipe..

nychris351 · 04/19/2011, 04:09 PM

i was wondering what would be a good mix ??
if theres anyone that does this please post your recipes or whatever lol thanks..
would i still have to supplement with flake food??

redfishblewfish · 04/19/2011, 06:40 PM

In the past a couple of members in our club have gotten together and made Eric Borneman's recipe and split it up. Here's the recipe:

Eric Borneman's Famous Fish Food Recipe

Fish food and coral food (coral food is liquefied)
Ingredients

a whole fresh sea fish
10 whole shrimp - I squeeze the heads
1 pound fresh mussels - cracked and scraped out
1 pound fresh clams including clam juice
1 8 oz container fresh oysters
1-2 fresh or frozen squid, whole
1 package frozen sea urchin cubes
1 12 oz package artemia (brine shrimp, frozen), thawed
6 types of dried seaweed Nori, Wakame, Hijiki, Dulse, Ano, etc.) - available at Whole Foods market, health food stores, Asian markets.
about 2 g. powdered sea greens/antioxidants or immune boost complex
2 tbsp. marine flake
2 tbsp. VibraGro
2 tbsp. powdered spirulina
1 tbsp Super Selco
Optional (found frozen in Asian markets)

ark shells
periwinkles, etc...
Method

Blend coarse ingredients in food processor
Mix in fine ingredients (Artemia, powders, flake, Selco)
Freeze in flats
This makes a LOT of food...approximately 10-12 quart size Ziploc flats.

OPTIONAL: I also make a pigment complex of multiple fresh and health food purchased pigmented animal and plant sources ( such as vegetables with rich colors, carotenoids, etc), mixed with some of the fish food, liquefied, and fed to corals at night.

Eric Borneman

cr500_af · 04/19/2011, 06:46 PM

I did it a little easier, one bag of frozen mixed seafood from Publix (which I tested for chlorine, as sometimes the ice it is packed in smells of chlorine), four large sheets of nori, a little fresh broccoli, and some Garlic Guard. Blend all, freeze in flat bags.

Note: I tested the finished product for phosphates, and it tested zero on both Elos and Salifert kits. The squid should really be separated out and chopped before blending, as it tends to make a stringy mess on the blender blades and it leaves fairly large chunks in the food. Since no real attempt was made to ensure that this had a balanced nutritional mix, I don't feed this food every day, and certainly not as an only food. I rotate it with Rod's food (so the corals benefit) and New Life Spectrum pellets.

04/19/2011, 04:09 PM	#1
nychris351 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: BROOKLYN Posts: 319	any one have a home made fish food recipe.. i was wondering what would be a good mix ?? if theres anyone that does this please post your recipes or whatever lol thanks.. would i still have to supplement with flake food??

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04/19/2011, 06:40 PM	#2
redfishblewfish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 716	In the past a couple of members in our club have gotten together and made Eric Borneman's recipe and split it up. Here's the recipe: Eric Borneman's Famous Fish Food Recipe Fish food and coral food (coral food is liquefied) Ingredients a whole fresh sea fish 10 whole shrimp - I squeeze the heads 1 pound fresh mussels - cracked and scraped out 1 pound fresh clams including clam juice 1 8 oz container fresh oysters 1-2 fresh or frozen squid, whole 1 package frozen sea urchin cubes 1 12 oz package artemia (brine shrimp, frozen), thawed 6 types of dried seaweed Nori, Wakame, Hijiki, Dulse, Ano, etc.) - available at Whole Foods market, health food stores, Asian markets. about 2 g. powdered sea greens/antioxidants or immune boost complex 2 tbsp. marine flake 2 tbsp. VibraGro 2 tbsp. powdered spirulina 1 tbsp Super Selco Optional (found frozen in Asian markets) ark shells periwinkles, etc... Method Blend coarse ingredients in food processor Mix in fine ingredients (Artemia, powders, flake, Selco) Freeze in flats This makes a LOT of food...approximately 10-12 quart size Ziploc flats. OPTIONAL: I also make a pigment complex of multiple fresh and health food purchased pigmented animal and plant sources ( such as vegetables with rich colors, carotenoids, etc), mixed with some of the fish food, liquefied, and fed to corals at night. Eric Borneman

04/19/2011, 06:46 PM	#3
cr500_af Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dallas, GA USA Posts: 118	I did it a little easier, one bag of frozen mixed seafood from Publix (which I tested for chlorine, as sometimes the ice it is packed in smells of chlorine), four large sheets of nori, a little fresh broccoli, and some Garlic Guard. Blend all, freeze in flat bags. Note: I tested the finished product for phosphates, and it tested zero on both Elos and Salifert kits. The squid should really be separated out and chopped before blending, as it tends to make a stringy mess on the blender blades and it leaves fairly large chunks in the food. Since no real attempt was made to ensure that this had a balanced nutritional mix, I don't feed this food every day, and certainly not as an only food. I rotate it with Rod's food (so the corals benefit) and New Life Spectrum pellets.