1st Try Homeade Fishfood

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brockfishhawk

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Thats right! I am making my first attempt at homemade fish food. Got it all poured out into pans and letting it settle and harden. Hope they like it! Going to feed my JD, Salvini, Firemouth, Nicaraguan and 4 Silver Dollers with it. This is what I did.

Ingredients:

2lbs market shrimp (large/peeled) I peeled these myself to save $3.00 p/lb

2lbs chicken heart These I trimmed all the fat (white stuff) off of to slim it down

1lb spinach

1lb frozen peas

12grams spirulina crushed tablets (Pure, Organic, no other ingrediants) Could not get my hands on powdered so I did it myself.

I pretty much blended each item individually to get it mostly liquified. Did this by adding in the product, filling water till just about the product line in the blender and proceeded to blend. Once mostly blended I poured into a large mixing bowl to hold all of it till I was through. Then I mixed the goop by hand and at this time added the spirulina powder. Once it was consistantly mixed, I took and added 4 Cups of the goop back to the blender to make sure it was 100% liquified. I then boiled 2 cups of water. Added 1 packet of Knox gelatin per cup of overall liquid (4 cups goop, 2 cups water = 6 packets) I stirred this in a pot over medium heat for roughly 3-5mins. Once it was completely dissolved (no lumps at all!) I poured it in with the goop from the blender to a bowl and mixed vigurously till it I thought it was well blended. I then poured the mix into a backing pan (all kinds of different sizes due to inconsistant pan sizes available to me) and placed them in the fridge.

I am excited to see how this turns out. I hope the fish love it and I'm sure they will. A little love in food goes a long way.

Ill keep you all posted on how it turns out and the verdict from the fish.

Let me know what you think so far or if you have done anything simular and what your results were.
 
Sounds yummy!

lol...I love your use of the word "goop". You Sir, officially have a name for your frozen fish food if it turns out!
 
CLDarnell;4651857; said:
Sounds yummy!

lol...I love your use of the word "goop". You Sir, officially have a name for your frozen fish food if it turns out!
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Haha I can't take credit. I was searching online at ideas and found this. The person who originally wrote the article used the word goop haha. I did modify the recipe so it is original. Next time I will add more veggies and fruit and I think I'm going to make a more vegetarian mix for my community tank of barbs and tetras.


Also, it has settled and I fed it to my fish and the love it! The Jack Dempsey (who is usually picky) tears it up. They go for it more aggressively then anything I have fed them. They must like the jelly like texture.
 
Danger_Chicken;4651957; said:
I made some 2 years ago. my big fish mad a huge mess so I stop feeding it. I also ground up 1 garlic clove.
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It does break up easy and float around and at the bottom. It's a good thing I have a fish for everything. The silver dollars race around and grab the bits that suspend in the water. The pleco, firemouth and my nicaraguan clean it off the bottom. I can't believe how easy it was to make. Most the work was prepping each item before blending it. I took the finished product and placed it in freezer bags and mashed it down into a flat storable patty where I can open and break off chunks for feeding. I would say it was a success.
 
Nice work man, Your goop will be much fresher than most processed fish feeds and you know exactly whats in it. Peas and Spirulina are great additions in there. Its also a good idea to get those liquid vitamins, You can find it in most LFS. So if your food is lacking a specific vitamin, this stuff helps fill that void. 1 thing I will suggest is more vit C. Essential nutrient for a healthy immune system. Red bell peppers are the best source of this. Also creamed baby foods are great in homemade recipes.
*If it breaks up too easily, More knox next time.
 
Well it breaks up when they hit it, untill then it holds it's form and sinks. I knew I should have searched harder for the multivitamen drops but I could not find any at my favorite LFS and I checked some healthfood places too. I believe the spirulina had a lot of vitamins including vit. c but I am at work and cannot double check the actualy amounts. Thanks for the input friends. I am really excited to perfect this, I really think it will be healthier then most the leading pellets out there.
 
I forgot about the vit C . I added doubled stabilized C, sprilina powder and a few other things. My fish club did a presentation on this a few years ago and the guy that did it had it together. He used 100% carrot juice instead of water and agar instead of gelatin. His idea was not to put anything in the food the fish couldn't use. Gelatin is an mamalian protein that the fish don't process well so it goes in and comes out as waste. However, agar does not bond as well so I wouldn't recommend it for large cichlids that like to spit out from their gills. All the different powders he uses are there to fill a nutritional need, even paprika.


3 lbs Frozen Pollock
1 lb Frozen Peas
1 lb Frozen Broccoli pieces
1 lb Frozen Carrots
3 Garlic Cloves
2 Tbsp Paprika
2 Tbsp Spirulina powder
1 Tbsp Astaxanthin
1 Tsp FD Earthworm powder
1 Tsp FD Salmon Roe powder
1 Tsp FD Krill powder
1 Tsp FD Plankton powder
1 Tsp Double-Stabilized Vitamin C powder
23g Agar powder
100% Carrot juice (as needed)


M. Reed Enterprises (FD Powders)
http://www.mreed.com/

Barry Farm Foods (Agar powder)
http://www.barryfarm.com/

Kens Fish (Astaxanthin & Spirulina)
http://kensfish.com/
 
I also use the powders above, like earthworm, as newborn fry food.

I came across this on Vitamins and fish:
http://fish.mongabay.com/food.htm


Vitamin A
effect: cell growth
symptoms of deficiency: poor growth, deformation of vertebral column and fins
source: liver, spinach, carrots

Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
effect: breakdown of carbohydrates, promotes growth and fertility
symptoms of deficiency: frightened behavior, poor growth, decline in appetite.
source: paprika, peas, carrots, spinach

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
effect: control of enzymes and proteins
symptoms of deficiency: cloudy eyes, poor growth, loss of appetite
source: spinach, peas, paprika, carrots

Vitamin B3 (Nicotin acid)
effect: food breakdown of proteins
symptoms of deficiency: weakness, aimless movements, tumors
source: peas, liver, spinach, paprika

Vitamin B5 (Pantothene acid)
effect: hormone production, metabolism
symptoms of deficiency: weakness, sticking gill membranes
source: liver, paprika

Vitamin B6 (Pyridomin) and B12 (Cyanocobalamin)
effect: enzymes, protein metabolism
symptoms of deficiency: increased panting, loss of appetite, timidness, poor growth
source: liver, paprika

Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
effect: bone and tooth development, healing, digestion
symptoms of deficiency: altered skin, liver, and muscle tissue
source: paprika, peas, spinach

Vitamin D3
effect: bone development
symptoms of deficiency: degeneration of bone
source: fish liver, fish meal

Vitamin E
effect: development of sex organs, fertility
symptoms of deficiency: infertility
source: eggs, cereal

Vitamin K
effect: blood formation, blood clotting
symptoms of deficiency: death follow injuries (abrasions)
source: lettuce, peas, spinach

Vitamin M (folic acid)
effect: blood formation, metabolism
symptoms of deficiency: dark skin pigmentation
source:

Choline
effect: growth, fat production, coloration
symptoms of deficiency: enlarged kidney and liver
source: paprika
 
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