I've heard that beef heart is good to feed the fishes. While I was at the local meat store I asked about it . Needless to say I ordered one I'm picking it up tomarrow. They are going to grind it up for me but I heard of other things to put in with it like garlic and carrots . Does any one have a good recipe or suggestions.
beef heart recipe
- Thread starter toper777
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What are you talking about?
Are you going to eat the beef heart with galic and such?
For fish you should clean it, cut it into cubes, then freeze it.
Are you going to eat the beef heart with galic and such?
For fish you should clean it, cut it into cubes, then freeze it.
I found one and it's for the fish 
Ingredients:
*500 grams (1 pound) beefheart
*350-500 grams (3/4-1 pound) chicken livers
*1 can of shelled green peas
*1 small packet of frozen spinach(150-200g)
*200 grams (1/2 pound) of prawns (I like to peel and head them otherwise they pass the shells and they end up sitting on the bottom of your tank)
*1 cup of fish food pellets crushed (soak this in some warm water to soften, they blends smoother if soft)
*1 packet of unflavored gelatine to bind
Method:
.....Its really quite simple, everything except the gelatine needs to be either minced or put in the food processors and made into a mince-like consistency. I recommend that you do each of the meaty ingredient in the food processor seperately and then combine all in a large mixing bowl. Its okay to blend all the veggies together. Once everything is blended up, combine it all in a bowl. Add the crushed fish food. Disolve the gelatine in a little water(as little as possible) then also add. Mix thoroughly. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Spread the mix evenly on the trays at around 1/4" (5mm) thickness. Place two layers of baking paper over the mix and keep repeating until the tray is full. Allow to set up in the refrigerator, when firm score with the back of a knife into equal serving size portions. Freeze. Once frozen break portions up and store in a container in the freezer.
You can add or not add whatever you like but avoid corn; it is indigestable to fish and causes problems.
Any other ideas on this recipe would be good.
Recipe by Tony Snell
Ingredients:
*500 grams (1 pound) beefheart
*350-500 grams (3/4-1 pound) chicken livers
*1 can of shelled green peas
*1 small packet of frozen spinach(150-200g)
*200 grams (1/2 pound) of prawns (I like to peel and head them otherwise they pass the shells and they end up sitting on the bottom of your tank)
*1 cup of fish food pellets crushed (soak this in some warm water to soften, they blends smoother if soft)
*1 packet of unflavored gelatine to bind
Method:
.....Its really quite simple, everything except the gelatine needs to be either minced or put in the food processors and made into a mince-like consistency. I recommend that you do each of the meaty ingredient in the food processor seperately and then combine all in a large mixing bowl. Its okay to blend all the veggies together. Once everything is blended up, combine it all in a bowl. Add the crushed fish food. Disolve the gelatine in a little water(as little as possible) then also add. Mix thoroughly. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Spread the mix evenly on the trays at around 1/4" (5mm) thickness. Place two layers of baking paper over the mix and keep repeating until the tray is full. Allow to set up in the refrigerator, when firm score with the back of a knife into equal serving size portions. Freeze. Once frozen break portions up and store in a container in the freezer.
You can add or not add whatever you like but avoid corn; it is indigestable to fish and causes problems.
Any other ideas on this recipe would be good.
Recipe by Tony Snell
I'm going to try to make a mix like that with big cubes.
I'll mix the peas, carrots, garlic ect. in a blender to a liquid consistancy, the inject the mix into the beefheart cubes.
the blended meat is too messy for my monsters.
any feedback?
I'll mix the peas, carrots, garlic ect. in a blender to a liquid consistancy, the inject the mix into the beefheart cubes.
the blended meat is too messy for my monsters.
any feedback?
I've had the stuff that the gelatin holds together. My big fish make a mess of it.
I've also had big cubes, but I dont know how they were made. They were just cut up meat, but they had everything else in with them too....they were a lot cleaner
I've also had big cubes, but I dont know how they were made. They were just cut up meat, but they had everything else in with them too....they were a lot cleaner
I have to try beefheart again. I just cut off the the parts with fat and feed it straight to my fish .
same here...but i cut it into little pieces, like diced. it has to be cut very little because some fish have a hard time digesting them. Dats love them huge though and no problem digesting, but chinese perch will die if they get big pieces. they have a very hard time digesting food. cichlids too have a hard time digesting beef heart. Like Wes said, take off the fat, cut it into little pieces. I just give them the peas as is, if they eat it good, it not, just scoop it out.