DIY food

[soggysandwich]

i wanna make my own food to give my fish a good variety while saving money. i would like to be able to feed all my fish (oscar, pbass, mayan, firemouth, gourami, pictus cat, and some clown loaches) the same stuff. i found this http://www.loaches.com/articles/home-cooking-your-own-frozen-fishfood but that is for loaches, is there anything i can add to it to make it good for all my fish. i was thinking about adding shrimp, blood worms, and krill. what do you guys think

 

[Ianab]

Nothing in that loach recipe that will hurt most other carnivores. I wouldn't worry about feeding that to most cichlids etc.

Cheers

Ian

 

[soggysandwich]

I'm not worried about it hurting them I want to use it as a staple food

 

[jwarriner]

The process seems sound, I think it's a great idea.

Right now I'm feeding so many different foods to keep things diverse, it'd be much better to grind it all up and put it together.

I think it would gross me out though.

 

[soggysandwich]

i want to make it but i dont wanna miss out on some good ingredients that my cichlid really need

 

[jwarriner]

What do they need? Shouldn't be too hard to identify, why can't you just put it all in the food?

 

[davo]

I sometimes make my own food for plecos... in a similar way. Just add ingredients that are useful for the species....

 

[soggysandwich]

I sometimes make my own food for plecos... in a similar way. Just add ingredients that are useful for the species....

thats what im thinking about doing, just making a list of all the good foods for each fish and then combining them

 

[soggysandwich]

here is a list i made what do you guys think?
Beef Liver
crickets
beef heart
worms (blood and nightcrawlers)
some type of white fish
shrimp/krill (maybe a little of both)
carrots
zuchinni
peas
bananan
Spinach
garlic
brine shrimp

 

[soggysandwich]

what do you guys think? i also think im going to add v8 to the mix