DIY Fish Food

[Psychomatrix]

beach bum

if you add and egg spread it thin on sheet pan and bake slowly so it wont burn it will work. but you will need a good non stick pan because you dont want to have to use lots of fats so it wont stick.

 

[Psychomatrix]

So just wondering has anyone tried it as yet?

i should have another recipie coming in a week when i get some more time off.

 

[Citrinellus]

I've bought something similar to this from a local breeder. He said his included tilapia fillets or turkey hearts depending on the fish, cleaned shrimp, shelled peas, cucumber, hikari baby pellets, frozen bloodworms, and a quality flake food as a binder. He said turkey hearts are a leaner alternative to the beef heart. Nice recipe.

 

[Psychomatrix]

Midas i would tend to agree but i am often sceptacle of using pulty products ecspecially these days with everthing getting hormon and steroid treatments for faster growth. these hormones and steroids tend to acumulate in the liver and hearts of these animals. now this is not to say it does not occur in beef production but i am lucky that here in the caribbean the use of such growth enhancers are not widely used due to their high cost so much of our beef is still organic grass/corn fed.
but i will say this use what is available. so kudos to your local fish breeder.
i see he found the "cucumber" this is on thing i have added and lots of fish seem to enjoy.

 

[thor meeki]

I really like this idea of diy fish food. I wonder if there would be a way to use a food dehydrator to make this into pellets. Does it have to be frozen or baked ? I would think dehydrated would retain more nutrients than baked. Just a thought. Also do you save any cash making diyff ?

 

[drumbum540]

I have a dehydrator, but im scared to ruin it. thats how I make my deer jerky, and I dont want my jerky to taste like shrimp and what not. haha. what kind of fish like this stuff? would a red tail, and an oscar eat it?
great post!

 

[Citrinellus]

Midas i would tend to agree but i am often sceptacle of using pulty products ecspecially these days with everthing getting hormon and steroid treatments for faster growth. these hormones and steroids tend to acumulate in the liver and hearts of these animals. now this is not to say it does not occur in beef production but i am lucky that here in the caribbean the use of such growth enhancers are not widely used due to their high cost so much of our beef is still organic grass/corn fed.
but i will say this use what is available. so kudos to your local fish breeder.
i see he found the "cucumber" this is on thing i have added and lots of fish seem to enjoy.

He hunted the turkeys, so no worry of hormones.

 

[Psychomatrix]

drumbum540

i have not personally used on all the fish i may call but i give out to friends and they feed fighters, kois, cats, cichlids of all shaps and sizes.
i had jaguar cichlids on this an they were huge. i currently have an oscar eating this and he is out growing everyone else in the tank so i may have to move him.

well i spend about $15 on everything and i get about 3-4 lbs of food out of this depending on how many fish i have to feed it could last me any where from 2 months to 4 months but i do buy other little pellets and stuff just to feed in between. i only feed this food 3 times a week.