Beefheart?

[robchris]

I am new to these forums, but this is great. You guys are great and people can learn alot from these types of forums. But I have a questions. When you guys are saying Beefheart is that actual beefheart? Where can you buy that from? I have some discuss and how do you feed them that?

[Vitaliy]

I am new to these forums, but this is great. You guys are great and people can learn alot from these types of forums. But I have a questions. When you guys are saying Beefheart is that actual beefheart? Where can you buy that from? I have some discuss and how do you feed them that?
It is real beefheart, I am not sure about the steps they take to prepare it. Most fish stores will sell it, go to your local store and ask for beefheart - it is very common and no one will look at you as a crazy satanist. ;)

They usually sell them frozen and cut up into 1cm cubes, you simply throw the cube in the water and the fish nip on it.

[Princley]

yes it's a cows heart any supermarket has it ask the butcher or meat Dept
but you don't use the whole heart

[Vitaliy]

Here is the stuff I buy

[Princley]

you can substitute liver, or pork heart..... that will work too. hard to find beef heart unless you live near a mexican grocery store.
every store in the US carries beef Heart all but wallmart that is

[robchris]

My fish are real picky but I will give it a shot. It looks like everyone is having good luck with it.

[tony414]

if you go to your local supermarket,ask for lean beefheart.and if you need anymore info as to how to clean and prepare it pm me.trust me buying the pack from the store is 5x more money in the long run appose to making it yourself.
-tony :headbang2

[eh1421]

pm me and i will tell you how to make some that will make your fish go nuts

[gomezladdams]

Whats with all the secret recipies,cmon guys give im sure im not the only person interested

[Princley]

if you go to your local supermarket,ask for lean beefheart.and if you need anymore info as to how to clean and prepare it pm me.trust me buying the pack from the store is 5x more money in the long run appose to making it yourself.
-tony :headbang2
yep Tony U go boy

[Vitaliy]

Whats with all the secret recipies,cmon guys give im sure im not the only person interested
I agree.

[Magnus30]

yeah, lets see it

[JD_MAN]

I agree with all....I would like to know how to make a good beef heart mix. I had some from the mossongrass guy and my fish loved it. A diy post on this would be cool.

[dizlal]

DIY POST please...

[dimfer]

i feed pure beef heart, just cut into small pcs. some people put it in a blender

[SimmonM]

Go to your butcher and ask for some beefheart. Your going to have to de-vein and trim the fat off the beefheart which is why I don't buy it myself anymore (too gross!). Some people add stuff (i.e. tetra bits) but I would just cut up into cubes and freeze. Then I'd defrost before feeding and throw in a cube. Really messes up the water but Discus thrive on it!

[carpediem]

Okay, I made my own beefheart mix two days ago...

I went to the butcher and got 2 pounds of trimmed beefheart. I paid a dollar more a pound to have him run it through the grinder a couple of times.

2 lb ground beef heart
1 - 12 oz package of frozen peas and carrots
1 bulb of garlic
1 1/2 pounds of shrimp

I thawed the veggies and prawns. Peeled the shrimp. Then I used a food processor to pulp everything. I mixed everything together in a bowl and then filled two large freezer bags. I bled the air out of the bags, spread them flat, and popped them in the freezer. The fish love it... I was going to add gelatin to firm things up but I didn't think it was really necessary.

[soggysandwich]

Okay, I made my own beefheart mix two days ago...

I went to the butcher and got 2 pounds of trimmed beefheart. I paid a dollar more a pound to have him run it through the grinder a couple of times.

2 lb ground beef heart
1 - 12 oz package of frozen peas and carrots
1 bulb of garlic
1 1/2 pounds of shrimp

I thawed the veggies and prawns. Peeled the shrimp. Then I used a food processor to pulp everything. I mixed everything together in a bowl and then filled two large freezer bags. I bled the air out of the bags, spread them flat, and popped them in the freezer. The fish love it... I was going to add gelatin to firm things up but I didn't think it was really necessary.

im going to try that. whats the garlic for? and how much did you pay for the beefheart? also is this good for oscars

[carpediem]

Repels parasites and acts as an anti-viral and anti-microbial agent.

I think the beefheart was like $3.50 a pound after I had them trim and grind it.

All of my fish love it.

[RedestWing]

I was always to lazy to go thru all that...lol... never the less, I would always buy Jack Watley Discus Formula from my lfs.... Fish loved the hell out of it :D

[gomezladdams]

Ill try some soon and see how it works out.Ill probably just grind it and use garlic and oatmeal,already have a few fish based diy fishfood mixes in the freezer.
I know garlic is an antioxidant and is supposed to be really healthy,but the best thing is the feeding frenzy it triggers.Works as good on fish as it does on people;)

[RedestWing]

Just don't smell their Breath:drool:

[AlanSousa]

yeah making your own beefheart is much much more wonderful than buying it. i do that whenever I have the time... if your fish are picky you can also mix in a little garlic extract... but i feed more than beefheart, i hear its kinda fatty to have as discus' only diet.