What's the main significance with beef heart compared to other frozen foods? I'd like to know as well.
Beef Heart?
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I mix up a lot at a time:
2 large beef heart trimmed of fat and cubed (about 8-10 lbs)
5 lbs shrimp, shelled
5 lbs whiting fillet (any firm white meat fillet will do)
1 lb frozen green peas
1 lb frozen spinach
4 bulbs fresh garlic, pressed (not 4 cloves the whole thing)
1/4 box wheat germ
1/4 box baby oatmeal cereal
20 organic multi vitamins, crushed
10 Vitamin C, crushed
1/4 to 1/2 lb Spirulina flake food
3 or more bananas (Those black ones you just end up throwing away.)
I run all this thru a meat grinder 4-5 times until it has the consistency of gritty peanut butter and then place in baggies, press flat and freeze, no gelatin, no cooking. The oatmeal, wheat germ and flake food make it hold together.
Almost any seafood can be added
The last batch I made I used 8 venison hearts because I save them until the end of hunting season and find they do not have to be trimmed as they are very lean and seem to be easier to grind.
I mix up two bags of medicated food when I do this, one with Prazi and one with Metro so I have it when I need it.
This make about 20 to 25 lbs of food and last me a month.
This is my main food, I also feed frozen bloodworms, cichlid pellets, cichlid growth flakes, color flakes and spirilina flakes.
2 large beef heart trimmed of fat and cubed (about 8-10 lbs)
5 lbs shrimp, shelled
5 lbs whiting fillet (any firm white meat fillet will do)
1 lb frozen green peas
1 lb frozen spinach
4 bulbs fresh garlic, pressed (not 4 cloves the whole thing)
1/4 box wheat germ
1/4 box baby oatmeal cereal
20 organic multi vitamins, crushed
10 Vitamin C, crushed
1/4 to 1/2 lb Spirulina flake food
3 or more bananas (Those black ones you just end up throwing away.)
I run all this thru a meat grinder 4-5 times until it has the consistency of gritty peanut butter and then place in baggies, press flat and freeze, no gelatin, no cooking. The oatmeal, wheat germ and flake food make it hold together.
Almost any seafood can be added
The last batch I made I used 8 venison hearts because I save them until the end of hunting season and find they do not have to be trimmed as they are very lean and seem to be easier to grind.
I mix up two bags of medicated food when I do this, one with Prazi and one with Metro so I have it when I need it.
This make about 20 to 25 lbs of food and last me a month.
This is my main food, I also feed frozen bloodworms, cichlid pellets, cichlid growth flakes, color flakes and spirilina flakes.
fishfarm;2945071; said:
sweet!
i plan on trying that sometime...hopefully soon. what size boxes of the wheat germ and baby oatmeal cereal? I'm assuming they come in different sizes anyway..lol. could make quite a difference in the recipe <which is gonna have to be scaled down...don't think i'd go through that much in 6 months..lol> 
Although cichlids don't hunt down cattle in the wild. My discus absolutely love it and puts on some good bulk to them. I feed 1-2 times a week.
Been in the hobby 35 years plus and never liked it. It is not a natural food to a fish. To me it is like feeding your fish pizza or hot dogs. Some swear by it but no wonder discus are so prone to disease.
Allan01230;2945394; said:
Well, after been on a diet for 4 years. My discus are great and healthy. Maybe other issues relate to their frequent dying. Also, its not store bought everyday variety. A lfs makes his with his own recipe and sells it in his store.
Allan01230;2945394; said:
I really don't get these kind of statements at all. There's a ton of people on here claiming beefheart is not natural so you should not feed it or that fish cannot digest it. Exactly what in our diets is natural? Is pizza of hotdogs natural for us? I use beefheart/turkey heart/deer heart all the time with nothing but positive results. Your statement about discus is complete nonsense. Tank bred discus (the ones raised mainly on beefheart that you mock) are extremely hardy. It's wild caught discus that are very sensitive and tough to keep.
my grandfather use to feed his Oscar raw hamburger. it only lived for about 5 years however. keep in mind this was in the 60's lol
