Ideas for reducing feeding costs

[thefredpit]

Ok I have a hell of a lot of Monster Fish and what I have changes weekly if not daily. I am trying to find a way to reduce food costs. As of today these are the current big eaters I have.

3x21-23" RTC
1x 20" RTC x TSN Hybrid
2x 12", 18" Achara x TSN Hybrid
1x 22" Achara
2x 20" Ripsaw
5x 14-21" Granulated Catfish
1x 15" vulture
1x 13" Goonch
1x 11" firewood catfish
1x 8" gulper
1x 12" lima
1x 16" black devil catfish
1x 14" irwini
1x 8" 24k irwini
1x 19" Common Pleco
1x 19" sailfin pleco
4x 17-19" temensis
1x 16" Azul
1x 17" Giant redtail guoromi
1x 17" Marble Goby
1x 20" Silver Arowana
3x 24-32" shortnose gar
1x 26" mystery gar
1x 20" spotted gar
2x 9", 14" fahaka puffer
2x 21", 24" endlicheri bichir
1x 21" PBB bichir
1x 20" teugelsi bichir
1x 17" ornate bichir
3x 5", 7", 9" spiny Softshell turtles
1x 8" pike
1x 11" oscar
12x 6-11" Red Devil
10x 6-12" Frontosa
4x 8" tinfoil barb
1x 8" Jack Dempsey
1x 20" Clown knife

That is just the ones that are atleast 6" that I remember off the top of my head

I feed an assortment of floating and sinking cichlid pellets, massivore, crayfish, tilapia, shrimp, catfish fillet, green beans and cucumber.

I have been looking at adding something like this to the mix since it comes in 50lb bags what do you think?

AquaMax® Sport Fish MVP Fish Feed | Purina

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[..puSkar..]

Well it seems like a lotttt.
duanes could help.

 

[krichardson]

Wow,that reads like a vendor's stock list.Have you thought of thinning out the collection any? That would be most effective of all in cutting costs.

 

[thefredpit]

Wow,that reads like a vendor's stock list.Have you thought of thinning out the collection any? That would be most effective of all in cutting costs.

I actually run a fish store out of my house, Monster Fish of Texas, we specializing in monster fish that is why my stocking is changing weekly if not daily. I actually am in the process of filling a 900g pool pond I have been making room in my garage for the past couple hours to move my bigger catfish and gar into. We just got a warehouse that we are going to be moving into hopefully over the next month.

The main thing I am hoping to partially replace is the massivore, while both me and the fish love it, at a little bit over $25/lb it is just way too expensive for me to use all the time that is why I was hoping one of the pond feeds would be a good substitute

 

[Krismo962]

thebiggerthebetter

 

[Rocksor]

How does Otohime stack up in price? I remember RD. and Aclockworkorange saying this was a decent relatively low cost bulk pellet brand.

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[krichardson]

I actually run a fish store out of my house, Monster Fish of Texas, we specializing in monster fish that is why my stocking is changing weekly if not daily. I actually am in the process of filling a 900g pool pond I have been making room in my garage for the past couple hours to move my bigger catfish and gar into. We just got a warehouse that we are going to be moving into hopefully over the next month.

The main thing I am hoping to partially replace is the massivore, while both me and the fish love it, at a little bit over $25/lb it is just way too expensive for me to use all the time that is why I was hoping one of the pond feeds would be a good substitute

Outstanding.

 

[FJB]

One way could be doing a largish red worm (earthworm) breeding system. Once going it runs for free and takes relatively little work, but produces good quality food for at least some of your fish. It should not be considered as the single food for any fish, but it could replace a big portion of the expensive stuff. One can even freeze them (or freeze dry) to have protection against potential culture crashes.

 

[SixThreeOh]

Ken's Fish krill pellets are about 20% of the cost of massivore. Red worms and dubia roaches are easy low maintenance feeders once you get them going.

 

[dogofwar]

I second feeding live worms. I culture red wiggler worms - it's super easy, they reproduce like crazy (when it's warm), they are safe, nutritious and fish love them. I have a 60+ tank fishroom and I can take a handful or two out of my bin a couple of times per week without an issue.