How to make homemade MUSH! - Page 2

JWarren · 02-21-2008, 02:06 AM

Very nice post Doni!

I'm glad to see others making their on food!

Here's my recipe

Saves me a bundle of money.

I use aqua star mixed seafood. 3.99
Whiting fillet 4.99
Some dried krill 2.00
Two little fishes sea vegies (couple sheets) 1.50?
half a bottle (small) reef plus 2.50 (more if I need to thin the mix down)
half bottle Phyto 2.50 (more if I need to thin the mix down)
two tbs. garlic liquid - Seachem .15?

About $18.00. I get about 12 to 14 sandwich size zip lock bags from this mix. Lasts a long time!

The mixed seafood and whiting fillet are in the grocery's seafood freezer. I thaw it to where it is still slightly frozen. Thaw it out too much and you will have soup very fast! Keeping it a little frozen, gets it to the chunks sizes you want. Do the dry stuff first - sea vegies and krill.

I use a food processor for fish food and a blender for reef food. You just gotta use a little common sense and watch what is being eaten and what is not when feeding homemade food and eliminate from the recipe what is not being eaten.

My fish run to me when they see the turkey baster come out. My tank never looked so good since I started doing my own mix because I eliminate what dose not get eaten. I try to put a little something for everyone in it.

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 06:22 AM

Neato cube idea Lorraine and Allen

Snelly - adding the vitamins is just a guess . I tried to add a several drops per 1" of food

I think it came out to several squirts of each bottle. Not scientific but it is the best I can do.
I also feed nori on a clip twice a day. I have several types of pellet and flake food in the freezer but my fish prefer the mush instead.

John - great recipe. That's the great thing about making your own food! You can mix and match different ingredients each time!

Gina · 02-21-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BigAl07

Doni how do you "dispense" it? I wonder how you could make "cubes" out of it? I might try "spooning" it into an ice cube tray.

We purchased those mini ice cube trays off e-bay and would put our mush in those. It worked great!

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 09:12 AM

Nice Gina!!!

BigAl07 · 02-21-2008, 09:14 AM

Gina THAT'S what I'm looking for! Guess I'm OFF to Ebay

Now I have a "Quality" mush recipe I need a "quality" mush container

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigAl07

Gina THAT'S what I'm looking for! Guess I'm OFF to Ebay

Now I have a "Quality" mush recipe I need a "quality" mush container

Are you dissin' my ziplock bags??? LOL~

J/k... I should get a few of those myself!

DrHank · 02-21-2008, 09:37 AM

Gina, thanks for reminding me of the mini cube ice trays. Finally there's a good use for them.

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 09:40 AM

Mini Ice Cube Trays - Set of 4 - tray ice machine cubes - eBay (item 250217946622 end time Feb-27-08 05:30:33 PST)

BigAl07 · 02-21-2008, 10:38 AM

I have some "Bids" on various "Mini Ice Trays" pending now

See what yall have done to me?

BigAl07 · 02-21-2008, 10:39 AM

Now yall have DONE it! I was looking around and now I'm bidding on some "Ice Shot Glass" molds!

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 12:02 PM

Haha...

naperenterprise · 02-21-2008, 12:08 PM

I see there is MUCH more to this hobby I'm yet to do...lol

I make pretty exotic salads for my reptiles, but never considered this for my fish... Interesting.

Is this better or cheaper than buying the frozen fish food from the store?

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 12:18 PM

IMO, making your own is MUCH better nutritionally & platability wise but may cost a tad more depending on the ingredients you use. Making your own also provides you the guarantee of freshness and superb quality control!
I bet if you make it once and see how your fish flip out over it, you'll never go back to 'store bought' foods again

naperenterprise · 02-21-2008, 12:21 PM

COOL!
Jason has a new project to do this weekend...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodstock

IMO, making your own is MUCH better nutritionally & platability wise but may cost a tad more depending on the ingredients you use. Remember to that making your own allows you the guarantee of freshness and quality control!
I bet if you make it once and see how your fish flip out over it, you'll never go back to 'store bought' foods again

Woodstock · 02-21-2008, 12:26 PM

Let us know how it goes! HINT: if you have a wife, you might want to do this while she is away! LOL

Don't be afraid to mix different things each batch. I try to change up the ingredients a bit each time.
Just be sure the ingredients are fresh (or freshly frozen) and are NOT cooked.

02-21-2008, 02:06 AM	#16 (permalink)
JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,426 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Very nice post Doni! I'm glad to see others making their on food! Here's my recipe Saves me a bundle of money. I use aqua star mixed seafood. 3.99 Whiting fillet 4.99 Some dried krill 2.00 Two little fishes sea vegies (couple sheets) 1.50? half a bottle (small) reef plus 2.50 (more if I need to thin the mix down) half bottle Phyto 2.50 (more if I need to thin the mix down) two tbs. garlic liquid - Seachem .15? About $18.00. I get about 12 to 14 sandwich size zip lock bags from this mix. Lasts a long time! The mixed seafood and whiting fillet are in the grocery's seafood freezer. I thaw it to where it is still slightly frozen. Thaw it out too much and you will have soup very fast! Keeping it a little frozen, gets it to the chunks sizes you want. Do the dry stuff first - sea vegies and krill. I use a food processor for fish food and a blender for reef food. You just gotta use a little common sense and watch what is being eaten and what is not when feeding homemade food and eliminate from the recipe what is not being eaten. My fish run to me when they see the turkey baster come out. My tank never looked so good since I started doing my own mix because I eliminate what dose not get eaten. I try to put a little something for everyone in it. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. My Saltwater web site. Help build ReefPedia!

02-21-2008, 06:22 AM	#17 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,502 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Neato cube idea Lorraine and Allen Snelly - adding the vitamins is just a guess . I tried to add a several drops per 1" of food I think it came out to several squirts of each bottle. Not scientific but it is the best I can do. I also feed nori on a clip twice a day. I have several types of pellet and flake food in the freezer but my fish prefer the mush instead. John - great recipe. That's the great thing about making your own food! You can mix and match different ingredients each time! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

02-21-2008, 09:12 AM	#19 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,502 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Nice Gina!!! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

02-21-2008, 09:14 AM	#20 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Gina THAT'S what I'm looking for! Guess I'm OFF to Ebay Now I have a "Quality" mush recipe I need a "quality" mush container __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-21-2008, 09:37 AM	#22 (permalink)
DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,758 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Gina, thanks for reminding me of the mini cube ice trays. Finally there's a good use for them. __________________ Doc Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html

02-21-2008, 09:40 AM	#23 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,502 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Mini Ice Cube Trays - Set of 4 - tray ice machine cubes - eBay (item 250217946622 end time Feb-27-08 05:30:33 PST) __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

02-21-2008, 10:38 AM	#24 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! I have some "Bids" on various "Mini Ice Trays" pending now See what yall have done to me? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-21-2008, 10:39 AM	#25 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Now yall have DONE it! I was looking around and now I'm bidding on some "Ice Shot Glass" molds! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-21-2008, 12:02 PM	#26 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,502 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Haha... __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

02-21-2008, 12:08 PM	#27 (permalink)
naperenterprise Elegance coral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Near Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,183 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! I see there is MUCH more to this hobby I'm yet to do...lol I make pretty exotic salads for my reptiles, but never considered this for my fish... Interesting. Is this better or cheaper than buying the frozen fish food from the store? __________________ ~~~Jason~~~ The Hitchhiker's Guide to our Reef Galaxy

02-21-2008, 12:18 PM	#28 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,502 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! IMO, making your own is MUCH better nutritionally & platability wise but may cost a tad more depending on the ingredients you use. Making your own also provides you the guarantee of freshness and superb quality control! I bet if you make it once and see how your fish flip out over it, you'll never go back to 'store bought' foods again __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

02-21-2008, 12:26 PM	#30 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,502 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How to make homemade MUSH! Let us know how it goes! HINT: if you have a wife, you might want to do this while she is away! LOL Don't be afraid to mix different things each batch. I try to change up the ingredients a bit each time. Just be sure the ingredients are fresh (or freshly frozen) and are NOT cooked. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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