fish food puree idea

everl0ng · 03/05/2007, 09:28 PM

can i use my formula one flakes, marine cuisine, silversides, and go to meijer and get frozen cocktail shrimp, oysters, clams, mussels, and mix them all up with my tank water and put it in the blender, freeze it and then feed that to my fish? or will the preservatives in the food from the store be harmful to my tank inhabitants?

sunfish11 · 03/05/2007, 09:32 PM

There shouldn't be preservatives if you get the seafood from the meat counter. Go for it. This is pretty common practice.

petoonia · 03/05/2007, 10:51 PM

There have been some great recipes for this posted here on RC.

magdelan · 03/05/2007, 10:57 PM

I make my own food. I use mussels, scallops, shrimp, nori, one clove of garlic, and some dry yeast (bloomed and strained). I then pureed this mix and put it into small 2oz. portion cups. I filled the cup about 1/4 of an inch. I then put them in my freezer. After frozen, I cut the rounds in the quarters and store in a tupperware container in the freezer. The one thing that I will do differently next time is add some fish suplements like the ones everl0ng mentioned. Good luck!! Oh, my fish really like it too!!!

bertoni · 03/06/2007, 12:38 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=176530

That thread has a lot of ideas for making your own food. It shouldn't be necessary (or useful) to add tankwater to the mix. I don't, anyway.

BeesGoneWild · 03/06/2007, 02:16 AM

I make my own fish food as well but a word of cuation use a iqf scallop (instant quick freeze) and check the ingredients to make sure they wernt packed in phosphates as the ones in your fish market usually are. Chances are that the iqf scallops where at some point subjected liguid nitrogen but it should have little impact on a tank compared to the ones soaked in phosphates.

03/05/2007, 09:28 PM	#1
everl0ng Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lima, OH Posts: 782	fish food puree idea can i use my formula one flakes, marine cuisine, silversides, and go to meijer and get frozen cocktail shrimp, oysters, clams, mussels, and mix them all up with my tank water and put it in the blender, freeze it and then feed that to my fish? or will the preservatives in the food from the store be harmful to my tank inhabitants? __________________ Nick Kohrn Current Tank Info: Mixed NC24

03/05/2007, 10:51 PM	#3
petoonia HereWeGoAgain... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,648	There have been some great recipes for this posted here on RC. __________________ I've been in the hobby for about 10 years....(so I know a little bit)...(but not all that much).... Current Tank Info: 58G. Oceanic (Starphire). Mixed Reef Last edited by petoonia; 03/05/2007 at 10:56 PM.

03/05/2007, 10:57 PM	#4
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,785	I make my own food. I use mussels, scallops, shrimp, nori, one clove of garlic, and some dry yeast (bloomed and strained). I then pureed this mix and put it into small 2oz. portion cups. I filled the cup about 1/4 of an inch. I then put them in my freezer. After frozen, I cut the rounds in the quarters and store in a tupperware container in the freezer. The one thing that I will do differently next time is add some fish suplements like the ones everl0ng mentioned. Good luck!! Oh, my fish really like it too!!! __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."

03/06/2007, 12:38 AM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=176530 That thread has a lot of ideas for making your own food. It shouldn't be necessary (or useful) to add tankwater to the mix. I don't, anyway. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/05/2007, 09:32 PM	#2
sunfish11 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Weyauwega, WI Posts: 2,365	There shouldn't be preservatives if you get the seafood from the meat counter. Go for it. This is pretty common practice.

03/06/2007, 02:16 AM	#6
BeesGoneWild Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Eastern Pennsylvannia Posts: 1,064	I make my own fish food as well but a word of cuation use a iqf scallop (instant quick freeze) and check the ingredients to make sure they wernt packed in phosphates as the ones in your fish market usually are. Chances are that the iqf scallops where at some point subjected liguid nitrogen but it should have little impact on a tank compared to the ones soaked in phosphates.