my first fish food atempt! heheh my fish like it...

faded1004 · 04/25/2007, 12:39 PM

okay not sure if this is good, but i wanted to post my first atempt at making my own fish food... hahahah...

okay here goes!

started with:

shrimp - deheaded, peeled, deveined
cuttle fish - cleaned up mainly only white meaty stuff
baby clams - figured the meat is softer, hahahhaa...
frozen mysid shrimp - had some left over
unsalted seaweed - got alot of tangs
spectrum fish food pellets - just bit for a little kick? hahahaha...

i puree'd it up in my small chopper. and it came out like this...

very small so i tried to feed it to my fish... added some cylop-eeze...

they liked it but the pieces were still too big... i have fish between 2" to 3"... so i need them smaller... so i just wanted to puree alittle more... i put in alittle more nori, and then put it in a baggie to freeze... i put in half the portion so i can puree finer...

with the second portion, i put in alittle more nori, cause i thought it would be better to add like 1 more small sheet...

you can see the nori content... ahhaha, it isn't like i added a full box of it... just a bit more... i am going to try to feed them the new consistency in a few hours, i think they will like it... let me know what you guys think...

last notes...
*i tried to wash and drain as much water as possible... and feel like this will help with the freezing process, i figure the water will make it hard to break apart when i need it to.
*next time i will try to make the sandwich sheets alittle thinner, i think it would be easy to get small portions, since i have smaller fish...
*might want to add more things to the mix, veriety is good...
*goby didn't like the cuttle fish pieces as much, may need to take it out?

SPS4Life · 04/25/2007, 09:37 PM

Thats interesting good luck with that

04/25/2007, 12:39 PM	#1
faded1004 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: cypress, ca Posts: 2,445	my first fish food atempt! heheh my fish like it... okay not sure if this is good, but i wanted to post my first atempt at making my own fish food... hahahah... okay here goes! started with: shrimp - deheaded, peeled, deveined cuttle fish - cleaned up mainly only white meaty stuff baby clams - figured the meat is softer, hahahhaa... frozen mysid shrimp - had some left over unsalted seaweed - got alot of tangs spectrum fish food pellets - just bit for a little kick? hahahaha... i puree'd it up in my small chopper. and it came out like this... very small so i tried to feed it to my fish... added some cylop-eeze... they liked it but the pieces were still too big... i have fish between 2" to 3"... so i need them smaller... so i just wanted to puree alittle more... i put in alittle more nori, and then put it in a baggie to freeze... i put in half the portion so i can puree finer... with the second portion, i put in alittle more nori, cause i thought it would be better to add like 1 more small sheet... you can see the nori content... ahhaha, it isn't like i added a full box of it... just a bit more... i am going to try to feed them the new consistency in a few hours, i think they will like it... let me know what you guys think... last notes... i tried to wash and drain as much water as possible... and feel like this will help with the freezing process, i figure the water will make it hard to break apart when i need it to. next time i will try to make the sandwich sheets alittle thinner, i think it would be easy to get small portions, since i have smaller fish... might want to add more things to the mix, veriety is good... goby didn't like the cuttle fish pieces as much, may need to take it out?

04/25/2007, 09:37 PM	#2
SPS4Life Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mooresville, NC Posts: 110	Thats interesting good luck with that __________________ Process of belife... Current Tank Info: 54 corner sps