As the thread titles says, this is the place to put up your own recipe for marine fish foods.
Please, no commercials or product testimonials.
If you make a homemade fish food, what do you put into it and how do you make it? How do you prepare it for feeding? How do you feed (frequency and quantity)? I'll begin:
I have made my own homemade marine fish food since 1972 or so. No recipe has ever been identical, although you'd think by now I would have repeated it at some point in time!
I make about 3-4 pounds at a time which lasts for about 6 weeks of feeding. I only feed my fish this formula once a day. That is: one feeding out of 5 feedings. Two feedings are of macro algae, one feeding is a pod of some sort, and one feeding varies depending on the types of fishes I have.
I liquefy all ingredients and solidify the thick liquid with agar (gelatin) that is also from the sea, without flavorings or additives. It's then frozen solid, and allowed to thaw in the fridge before chopping.
My homemade recipe includes:
vitamin additive
fat additive
brine shrimp eggs (shell removed) or cyclopeze
marine shrimp (tails) - about 35% of the mix
squid (including eyes, tentacles, and body -- no ink sac, beak, or cartilage)
scallop
sea plankton
krill
kelp
spirulina
marine life eggs (row)
clam (whole, alive when opened)
plus whatever seafood may be available at the time I shop
The ratios vary, but the shrimp tails are the bulk percentage. I avoid marine pods since one feeding a day IS pods. I avoid marine fish -- not needed. If I do add any, it is sushi quality salmon and then, only a couple of ounces.
Once solidified, frozen, then thawed in plastic bag 'flats' I cut it into chunks and chop it in an electric chopper to the size needed for the fishes.
What homemade foods have you made so far?
Please, no commercials or product testimonials.
If you make a homemade fish food, what do you put into it and how do you make it? How do you prepare it for feeding? How do you feed (frequency and quantity)? I'll begin:
I have made my own homemade marine fish food since 1972 or so. No recipe has ever been identical, although you'd think by now I would have repeated it at some point in time!
I make about 3-4 pounds at a time which lasts for about 6 weeks of feeding. I only feed my fish this formula once a day. That is: one feeding out of 5 feedings. Two feedings are of macro algae, one feeding is a pod of some sort, and one feeding varies depending on the types of fishes I have.
I liquefy all ingredients and solidify the thick liquid with agar (gelatin) that is also from the sea, without flavorings or additives. It's then frozen solid, and allowed to thaw in the fridge before chopping.
My homemade recipe includes:
vitamin additive
fat additive
brine shrimp eggs (shell removed) or cyclopeze
marine shrimp (tails) - about 35% of the mix
squid (including eyes, tentacles, and body -- no ink sac, beak, or cartilage)
scallop
sea plankton
krill
kelp
spirulina
marine life eggs (row)
clam (whole, alive when opened)
plus whatever seafood may be available at the time I shop
The ratios vary, but the shrimp tails are the bulk percentage. I avoid marine pods since one feeding a day IS pods. I avoid marine fish -- not needed. If I do add any, it is sushi quality salmon and then, only a couple of ounces.
Once solidified, frozen, then thawed in plastic bag 'flats' I cut it into chunks and chop it in an electric chopper to the size needed for the fishes.
What homemade foods have you made so far?