Homemade Fish Food

[KellyFrancis]

I'm sure this is one of those things that has been beaten to death somewhere on here but I haven't seen anything for awhile and was curious....

1. Do saltwater and freshwater fish require different vitamins and stuff from their food?
2. Any good recipes out there for my lovelies?

I ask because while at the grocery store on Sat, I picked up three scallops to see if the fish would eat it. Looking for a knife, I saw the cheese grater and had to wonder. Well, it worked out great so I thawed the shrimp and tilapia I had already cut up with a knife and ran that through the cheese grater. I mixed it all together in a bowl and added half a capfull of garlic guard and then made tiny fish food packets with freezer paper and froze it. I intend to feed it on Sundays as Wednesday is pellet day.

Is this a good, healthy concoction for the fish or should I start over? It made me curious as to what others have come up with for homemade fish food.

 

[Kevin8888]

Marines need a higher protine:fat ratio, in the sence of far less fat, which is why its not a good idea to feed them fresh water feeders, as they are very high in fat.

 

[FuriousFish]

Very Interesting...

 

[KellyFrancis]

Good to know. So I can pretty much mix anything together, I just gotta keep my ratios in mind? So how is the mix I have on the protein:fat scale? It's probably three parts tilapia, two parts shrimp, one part scallop. I didn't measure, just went with what I had but that's probably what it worked out to be.


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[krichardson]

Kelly,what kinds of fish are you keeping/feeding?


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[KellyFrancis]

I've got two percula clowns, a flame angel, a Bangaii cardinal, coral banded shrimp, and hermits and snails total.


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[duanes]

Adding some nori or other sushi type seaweed to the mix is always good, and grinding up the shrimp shells in a food processor also could add nutrients to a normal part of an ocean diet, in replacement of some of the Tilapia bulk.

 

[KellyFrancis]

Awesome. Thanks!


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[Wiggles92]

Remove the tilapia from the mix, if possible. I would also add some squid, octopus, & krill in there if you can get it.

I'll have to dig up the thread that contained the recipe for FLESHY's saltwater fish food because it's a pretty great mix that works well for a variety of fishes.

 

[KellyFrancis]

Thank for the advice! I can't take it out but I can start over. I'd be out three scallops and two shrimp, not a huge loss, lol. I'll see what I can dig up at the grocery store.

Is the thread in general salt? If you give me a time period, it would give me something to do with myself. Lol


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