Dat food ideas

[T1KARMANN]

you chould try pellets or pellets or better still pellets

 

[christ4paul]

wish all my fishes were on pellets. that would save me so much money.

 

[chesterthehero]

yup raw everything... i get a pound of raw shrimp and take off the entire shell and freeze it all. if anyone knows of a good way to keep the shrimp without having to practically use a sawzall to get a piece after it freezes let me know.

cut/prep them however you want.. put a piece of plastic food wrap/saran wrap on a cookie sheet/pizzabox/plate/cuttingboard/whatever is flat and fits in the freezer.... put the pieces on the food wrap but dont let them touch.. toss it in the freezer for a few hours then just dump them in a freezer bag and keep them frozen... a good wack on the counter will crumble the block..

you can skip the saran wrap step and just single layer them in a freezer bag.. then just wack it with a hammer to break it apart...

in my freezer it takes about 8 weeks for ice crystals to start growing on everything... this qualifys as freezer burn and it does change the flavor a bit.. picky fish might stop eating it at this point.. but $5 and 20 minutes of "work" for a pound or more of food its ok if a few bits get thrown away..

 

[vaine111]

cut/prep them however you want.. put a piece of plastic food wrap/saran wrap on a cookie sheet/pizzabox/plate/cuttingboard/whatever is flat and fits in the freezer.... put the pieces on the food wrap but dont let them touch.. toss it in the freezer for a few hours then just dump them in a freezer bag and keep them frozen... a good wack on the counter will crumble the block..

you can skip the saran wrap step and just single layer them in a freezer bag.. then just wack it with a hammer to break it apart...

in my freezer it takes about 8 weeks for ice crystals to start growing on everything... this qualifys as freezer burn and it does change the flavor a bit.. picky fish might stop eating it at this point.. but $5 and 20 minutes of "work" for a pound or more of food its ok if a few bits get thrown away..

thanks man... after i wrote that i really thought about it and yesterday i put them in a freezer bag and pressed it down like they do with frozen krill packs.
and i never thought about the being freezer burnt they wont touch it. my pbass was eating the tilapia but now wont. not totally freezer burnt, but it's not that fresh either.

 

[chesterthehero]

when its all in one big block it does not freezerburn as easily.. but once you mash it into bits it does not take long... im halfway through a bag of krill and my fish are starting to reject pieces from time to time..

i need to make smaller batches or get bigger fish...