What would you do?

[cichlid savage]

I hope this is the best place for this question.

I was in my LFS today and looking at foods for my growing broods. The girl showed me a frozen seafood mix of cut up shrimp, mussels, squid, fish, and scallops ( I think thats all thats in it), but it was over 10 bucks for less than a pound.

I was thinking that i could buy all the ingredients cut them up and individually freeze the pieces on a cookie sheet (s) then bag it up and feed it as a prt of my food rotation. Seafood is pretty cheap here and i think i could do it for about 40 bucks or less. More initially but i would have much more food for my fish in the long run. Has anyone tried this before. any ideas suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[moxxommox]

hey dude,

the LFS just does the same thing, gets discounted seafood, chops it up and freezes it.
there isn't anything special about it..

It's like the lfs near me, selling frozen poddy mullet, or whitebait or something, you can always get it heaps cheaper at the seafood shop, i would advoid the mussels and scollops etc.. fish and PEELED prawns would be more than enough. =)

Just get some green prawns (uncooked) and peel them bag 'em up into little portions and then freeze them, same deal with fish, it works out pretty cheap =)

G'luck!

 

[cichlid savage]

Cool thanks dude!

 

[Euge]

if u search on the forums for home made fish food ingredients you'll find loads of receipes... One member suggested putting all your ingriedents into a blender and adding some gelatine. Once its kinda all chopped up and mixed together pore in a tray and get a knife and score a grid into the mix then freeze. Scoring will make it easier to break of blocks of the mix... and the gelatin holds all the food together so it doesn't break up as it melts...

 

[guppy]

Where I am they have a store called the grocery outlet. They sell one pound blue and white bags of the same mix plus very small octopus for $1.99 each. I use them to make ceviche but they make good fish food as well.

 

[TankBuster]

Whatever food you purchase, just make sure there are no additives in there.