making your own food

inthedeep2 · 05/04/2008, 02:49 PM

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just woundering if anyone else has thought or done this?
taking the meat counter seafood mix and it up in a blender then freezing it.
the one i saw was at Henrys and was shrimp, scallop, squid, octopus, and fake crab(basically fish). and was at a really good price.$3.99/lb.

Aj Flip · 05/04/2008, 02:58 PM

ya some people also mix in some flake food or frozen mysis

qfrisco · 05/04/2008, 03:50 PM

Yes, Marc (aka Melev) has a good write-up on making your own frozen food. Read here: http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html.

Musho3210 · 05/04/2008, 04:04 PM

yep i do it, my mix is pretty basic (shrimp, mysis, bbs, nori, Vitamin C tablets, flake, pellets, selcon, garlic) but i plan that on the next batch i make i vary it a bit. And i use gelatin to keep them in cubes rather than just freeze the liquid.

downhillbiker · 05/04/2008, 05:27 PM

eric borneman suggests doing this for corals. he has a good 2 page recipe in his book on corals.

most of us do this to a certain extent with feeding our fish too, at least i do. variety is a good thing, a must have.

inthedeep2 · 05/04/2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by Musho3210
yep i do it, my mix is pretty basic (shrimp, mysis, bbs, nori, Vitamin C tablets, flake, pellets, selcon, garlic) but i plan that on the next batch i make i vary it a bit. And i use gelatin to keep them in cubes rather than just freeze the liquid.

as far as garlic do you use the whole fresh garlic or something else?

inthedeep2 · 05/04/2008, 10:40 PM

anyone?

downhillbiker · 05/04/2008, 11:16 PM

i use garlic extreme from kent marine, but others use fresh just ground up real fine. i will switch as soon as i run out of the kent stuff. its $15 a bottle.

inthedeep2 · 05/04/2008, 11:26 PM

thanks a lot thats what i was thinking just make it as smashed or fine as possiable.

downhillbiker · 05/04/2008, 11:44 PM

blender>>>with water. mix a bunch and store it in the fridge in a jar.

inthedeep2 · 05/05/2008, 09:44 AM

i was planning on putting it into bags and lay them flat so i can break some off when needed... wife wouldnt like the fact of a seafood slop in the fridge

downhillbiker · 05/05/2008, 10:08 AM

that will work. i was just talking about the garlic. take the garlic and blend it with water and then add all of your other ingredients and just chop them with the blender. then bag, like you said, then make your wife a milkshake in the blender without washing, she'll love it.

LeslieP · 05/05/2008, 11:08 AM

I put the garlic through mincer and add it to the food. I drop little blobs onto a cookie sheet, chuck it in the freezer until it's solid and then put it in a ziploc. I only have to make food maybe 2x/year.

LionfishFinatic · 05/05/2008, 02:05 PM

Our local club ( RASOC) did this a couple weeks ago, we used shrimp w/shell, clams, squid, selcon, nori, scallops, garlic, flake, pellets, and a bunch of other things. I forget the whole recipe, but we blended it in a blender (NEVER USE THIS BLENDER OTHER THAN FOR FISH FOOD AGAIN

) It was really potent stuff. I still have almost all of it left, a little goes a very long way and the fish LOVE it. you can also go to our club forums at www.rasoc.org if you want the exact recipe. HTH

05/04/2008, 02:49 PM	#1
inthedeep2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 378	making your own food -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- just woundering if anyone else has thought or done this? taking the meat counter seafood mix and it up in a blender then freezing it. the one i saw was at Henrys and was shrimp, scallop, squid, octopus, and fake crab(basically fish). and was at a really good price.$3.99/lb.

05/04/2008, 04:04 PM	#4
Musho3210 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Evanston IL (near chicago) Posts: 1,899	yep i do it, my mix is pretty basic (shrimp, mysis, bbs, nori, Vitamin C tablets, flake, pellets, selcon, garlic) but i plan that on the next batch i make i vary it a bit. And i use gelatin to keep them in cubes rather than just freeze the liquid. __________________ Ryan

05/04/2008, 05:27 PM	#5
downhillbiker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,831	eric borneman suggests doing this for corals. he has a good 2 page recipe in his book on corals. most of us do this to a certain extent with feeding our fish too, at least i do. variety is a good thing, a must have. __________________ The friendliest GIANT you'll ever meet. Current Tank Info: 200g Marineland Deep Dimension (Lumenmax Reflectors/Dual PFO 400w/Radium 20K) and 2xFrag Tanks (One TEK T5 fixture and one MH, Galaxy/Phoenix) on same system w/100g sump w/6"x100g DSB, AquaC EV-1000 Skimmer, Reeflo Barracuda return pump

05/04/2008, 11:16 PM	#8
downhillbiker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,831	i use garlic extreme from kent marine, but others use fresh just ground up real fine. i will switch as soon as i run out of the kent stuff. its $15 a bottle. __________________ The friendliest GIANT you'll ever meet. Current Tank Info: 200g Marineland Deep Dimension (Lumenmax Reflectors/Dual PFO 400w/Radium 20K) and 2xFrag Tanks (One TEK T5 fixture and one MH, Galaxy/Phoenix) on same system w/100g sump w/6"x100g DSB, AquaC EV-1000 Skimmer, Reeflo Barracuda return pump

05/04/2008, 11:44 PM	#10
downhillbiker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,831	blender>>>with water. mix a bunch and store it in the fridge in a jar. __________________ The friendliest GIANT you'll ever meet. Current Tank Info: 200g Marineland Deep Dimension (Lumenmax Reflectors/Dual PFO 400w/Radium 20K) and 2xFrag Tanks (One TEK T5 fixture and one MH, Galaxy/Phoenix) on same system w/100g sump w/6"x100g DSB, AquaC EV-1000 Skimmer, Reeflo Barracuda return pump

05/04/2008, 02:58 PM	#2
Aj Flip Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 802	ya some people also mix in some flake food or frozen mysis

05/04/2008, 03:50 PM	#3
qfrisco Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dallas, TX Area Posts: 1,389	Yes, Marc (aka Melev) has a good write-up on making your own frozen food. Read here: http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html.

05/04/2008, 10:40 PM	#7
inthedeep2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 378	anyone?

05/04/2008, 11:26 PM	#9
inthedeep2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 378	thanks a lot thats what i was thinking just make it as smashed or fine as possiable.

05/05/2008, 09:44 AM	#11
inthedeep2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 378	i was planning on putting it into bags and lay them flat so i can break some off when needed... wife wouldnt like the fact of a seafood slop in the fridge

05/05/2008, 10:08 AM	#12
downhillbiker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,831	that will work. i was just talking about the garlic. take the garlic and blend it with water and then add all of your other ingredients and just chop them with the blender. then bag, like you said, then make your wife a milkshake in the blender without washing, she'll love it. __________________ The friendliest GIANT you'll ever meet. Current Tank Info: 200g Marineland Deep Dimension (Lumenmax Reflectors/Dual PFO 400w/Radium 20K) and 2xFrag Tanks (One TEK T5 fixture and one MH, Galaxy/Phoenix) on same system w/100g sump w/6"x100g DSB, AquaC EV-1000 Skimmer, Reeflo Barracuda return pump

05/05/2008, 11:08 AM	#13
LeslieP Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waterford, CT Posts: 1,544	I put the garlic through mincer and add it to the food. I drop little blobs onto a cookie sheet, chuck it in the freezer until it's solid and then put it in a ziploc. I only have to make food maybe 2x/year.

05/05/2008, 02:05 PM	#14
LionfishFinatic Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 693	Our local club ( RASOC) did this a couple weeks ago, we used shrimp w/shell, clams, squid, selcon, nori, scallops, garlic, flake, pellets, and a bunch of other things. I forget the whole recipe, but we blended it in a blender (NEVER USE THIS BLENDER OTHER THAN FOR FISH FOOD AGAIN ) It was really potent stuff. I still have almost all of it left, a little goes a very long way and the fish LOVE it. you can also go to our club forums at www.rasoc.org if you want the exact recipe. HTH __________________ " Hours spent in thoughtful silence, help us make the right decisions, more than days and days of talking." --Meteu Current Tank Info: starting a 125g SPS dominated reef