Spring is finally here and groceries are getting cheaper. I also have been running out of fish food recently and got new fish. Brand New year, Brand new fish. I recently gotten into Frontosas. I bought a group of frontosas and will be buying another. will have a school of 12 in a 75. they will move up and be seperated when they are larger but thats not for another 4 years. they are all about an inch long. Also got stingrays and arowanas.
Im a person who always like to go cheap but go with quality at the same time. No other way other than to do it yourself! (DIY).
None of my rays accept pellets. Fine i will work on that later. But my Arowanas, cichlids, and some random fish i have all need high protein leveled foods. Pellets are my source to go for these fish since they are normally very easy to convert to dried prepared foods. I have attempted to make my own food before, and it went well. But i didnt have enough time to mass produce and cut enough for my fish.
I got the basics of making my own pellets from Monster peacock. dont know if hes still active but shout out to him for giving me the advice many years ago. If you havent seen his videos, go find it. it tells you how to make them.
Here are my recipes for my DIY pellets for my different fish.
Frontosa - these guys are still small and they are on ken's growth pellets, kens cichlid flakes and some crap tetracichlid crisps i won in a raffle long time ago. almost done though.
Recipe -
Proteins: Basa fillets, peeled shrimp, Sea Robin Fillets and organs, Bluefish fillets, and squid
Vitamins: Centrum vitamins, B1
Carbohydrates(binder): White flour (i choose white flour because as a simple carbohydrate its easily digested vs the whole wheat).
Additives:Garlic, spirulina in Very small amounts. only concentrating on growth for the time being.
proteins will go as 4/5 of the mix while carbs will be 1/5
Arowana+SA cichlids - these guys are on ken's cichlid pellets 7.5 and hikari biogold+. and wardley shrimp pellets(yes i know lol wardley is crap. but i also got it in a raffle.)
Recipe -
Proteins: Whole shrimp, More shrimp, basa fillets, and squid.
Vitamins: centrum vitamins
Carbohydrates: Whole Wheat flour, Powdered oats
Additives: Garlic, Spirulina, astaxanthin, and beta-carotein
Proteins will have 3/4 Carbs will be 1/4
Do tell me what you think.
Im a person who always like to go cheap but go with quality at the same time. No other way other than to do it yourself! (DIY).
None of my rays accept pellets. Fine i will work on that later. But my Arowanas, cichlids, and some random fish i have all need high protein leveled foods. Pellets are my source to go for these fish since they are normally very easy to convert to dried prepared foods. I have attempted to make my own food before, and it went well. But i didnt have enough time to mass produce and cut enough for my fish.
I got the basics of making my own pellets from Monster peacock. dont know if hes still active but shout out to him for giving me the advice many years ago. If you havent seen his videos, go find it. it tells you how to make them.
Here are my recipes for my DIY pellets for my different fish.
Frontosa - these guys are still small and they are on ken's growth pellets, kens cichlid flakes and some crap tetracichlid crisps i won in a raffle long time ago. almost done though.
Recipe -
Proteins: Basa fillets, peeled shrimp, Sea Robin Fillets and organs, Bluefish fillets, and squid
Vitamins: Centrum vitamins, B1
Carbohydrates(binder): White flour (i choose white flour because as a simple carbohydrate its easily digested vs the whole wheat).
Additives:Garlic, spirulina in Very small amounts. only concentrating on growth for the time being.
proteins will go as 4/5 of the mix while carbs will be 1/5
Arowana+SA cichlids - these guys are on ken's cichlid pellets 7.5 and hikari biogold+. and wardley shrimp pellets(yes i know lol wardley is crap. but i also got it in a raffle.)
Recipe -
Proteins: Whole shrimp, More shrimp, basa fillets, and squid.
Vitamins: centrum vitamins
Carbohydrates: Whole Wheat flour, Powdered oats
Additives: Garlic, Spirulina, astaxanthin, and beta-carotein
Proteins will have 3/4 Carbs will be 1/4
Do tell me what you think.
