The gritty mix of home made food

[Basile]

The gritty mix of home made food

Well today did some cooking, some fish cooking. 1 Octopus, baby calamaries, a bag of squids, some calamary tubes, 4 bags of shrimps, one bag of sardines, mysis shrimp, some red plankton, Krill, spirulina brine shrimp, Garlic, selcon vitamins, and spirulina powder. Thank God for the food processors and ziplock bags.

LOL it smelled fine it was fresh stuff lol , of course after an hour of prep and fidleling with this stuff my hands where marinated in that juice i just washed them in my main tank.

Well its my first try so i'll see how this work first. I followed chef Rogers YouTube video, although he didn't have all the gritty process details because the food processor phase is not that bad but if not well handled it can become messy.

Being a cook myself did help and i know how to minimise the smell too.Keep your ingredients in the water until you need them, is one trick. Have all your ingredients stil half thaw is another, and have all your utensil ready not to lose time on getting them and spending time and let the smell which is not that bad spread is another.

The most important wash everything right away and get rid of the garbage instantly as well. Celaphopods and seafoods in general have a specific oil that stays and stick to skin and anything that it touches. You'll have to wash your hands several times, lemon juice does a good job, but don't wonder if the cat or dog if following you for a few hours, you hands will still look good to them.

Just used the new formula. WOW. its very concentrated. it doesn't take much; by the way most of my bags are 750g to 800g. So its very concentrated and its like dropping a nuke in the tank. I noticed its best to stop all pumps so it doesn't sink to fast so the upper eaters have a chance to nip at it, then the bigger fish, middle tank get their share and then the bottom dwellers have it. The first piece when to fast in the bottom and the smaller chromis didn't have a chance to nibble at it too much. Another observation; Since its natural and not raffined and rewashed and re-rewashed a dozen times, it comes with certain natural oils i would imagine and it makes your skimmer go a bit crazy.

Make sure when you process your squids , calamary or octopuss, you've removed the inch sacs, theirs 2,in some cases yes, because i missed one and one batch in the food processor became totally black and i mean black. When they call it inck, its not an expression. My hands were stain and i rinsed them in the water where the others where soaking , lol well i could find them the inch camouflaged them lol. So its no a joke that thing.

But you have to take in consideration that its not commercial foods where everything has been drained from it, so you get the good stuff. So i think the natural oils and liquids must contribute to the health of your fish all the same with the bottom critters who are going to eat the left overs. The bacterias will consume these oils as part of their regime and be healthier i would imagine. Just something to bare in mind when you make your own food. Its not a process product,its the real DEAL, " i had to use that word", but you know what i mean LOL.

WOW all my snails are out the suncoral is open that food really make thing go nuts. The gorgonians are in full bloom, I've taken a piece and rubbed it againts , acans,large polyps , Xenias, candy canne they all took a piece and closed up with a mouth full , Look like the 4th of july in there lol. Well its more than mysis thats for sure , very consistant food, lots of protein and good stuff. Not sure if i'll use it every day. will have to read about that a bit more. Jesus all the snails are making out , i swear i didn't put viagra in there. Their enought aphrodisiac in there for Vatican city, lol

Ok enough with the stupid remarks but i observe a very intense activity since i've put that food in there.Thats for sure and the snails are reproducing now and the fish are actually taking food from each others mouth , steeling food hihi .

Everybody is out too , my emerald crabs that usually stay hidden during the day are out and my peppermint shrimp as well, its like a banquet for them .

So anybody else made their own food what was your observations , results, reaction by the tank etc, that be cool to know thanks.

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[Creekview]

Last year I worked in the kitchen of a fine dining restaurant. Two of us there had reef tanks. We would salvage trimmings from the chefs breaking down fish and other seafood. Very expensive, prime grade everything. Always had calamari, oysters and a variety of clams and mussels. All the rejects went in the robo coup with the trimmings. Froze the paste up in the silicone candy molds in the bast chiller. I still have some in the freezer. It's a special treat I feed every now and then.

 

[Basile]

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I would like to try this. what is the whole recepie if you wouldn't mind sharing? and how much did everything cost you? (of course different regions will have different prices), how long do you think it would last?

The cost was $132 Canadian , it made 7 Ziplock bags of 850g+thats $18,95 each . Considering its potency each bag should last at least a month so 7 months worth of food.

Now your prices wil varie , but suffice to say for an hours work it worth it.

I've put;

one whole octopus
A bag of baby cuttlefish
A bag of cuttlefish tubes
A bag of calamary whole
A bag of Sardines whole(heads and all)
A bag of Mysis shrimp
A bag of brine mysis spirulina shrimp
A bag of red plankton
A bag of krill
one tableSpoon of Spirulina powder, no more
6 drop of garlic juice ( your not doing this for taste just for its properties)
6 drop of selcon vitamins ( too much can be detrimental to liver and kidneys)

Largest bags og Ziplock 3 cups of mixture per bag.

*****One small note if you put clam or any kind of mussel your fish might be tempted or develop a taste for YOUR clam or start nipping at it ; its known to happen just saying thats why i stay away from it.

*****Make sure when you process your squids , calamary or octopuss, you've removed the inch sacs, theirs 2,in some cases yes, because i missed one and one batch in the food processor became totally black and i mean black. When they call it inck, its not an expression. My hands were stain and i rinsed them in the water where the others where soaking , lol well i could find them the inch camouflaged them lol. So its no joke that thing.

*****Their's also a transparent cartilage in a squid it looks like a long nail its part of the squid body , take it out before processing.

 

[sirrealism]

Nice write up. I am going to guess your not married. If my wife saw that food processor it would be in the trash. I have to keep my tank stuff in a different freezer just so she doesnt get the hebe jebes LOL

 

[Creekview]

That was the advantage of using the robo coup at the restaurant, no one cared, and we just handed the dirty mess to the dishwashers. And it wasn't yo mama's food processor, it was a 4 horsepower monster that spun up to 12,000 rpm. Made it really smooth, like fish guts puddin'

 

[Wrangy]

Love it Basile! I really need to get off my lovely bottom and make a decent frozen food mix!

 

[Wolffman64]

My wife would kill me if I used her new expensive food processor for fish food!!! Or she might accidentally drop a bottle of Chlorine in my sump as a revenge....

 

[Basile]

My wife would kill me if I used her new expensive food processor for fish food!!! Or she might accidentally drop a bottle of Chlorine in my sump as a revenge....

What its still food, its seafood, its just processed and pure . Thats all why would that upset, and its to SAVE money $$$$$ whooooo for a fur coat whooooahhhhhhh. LOL.

 

[pgrtgunner]

That looks like what I disposed of in the back alley of the bar after way to many shots of tequila.
Sure glad we had a DD!!!