180g Starphire A.G.E on its way!

[danskim]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12004711#post12004711 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maximus
I make my own food all the time. It's great stuff. I use a mixture of raw sashimi grade fish, prawns, mysid, cyclopeeze, squid, and other ingredients that I have on hand.

What do you use to blend?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12004711#post12004711 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maximus
I make my own food all the time. It's great stuff. I use a mixture of raw sashimi grade fish, prawns, mysid, cyclopeeze, squid, and other ingredients that I have on hand.

mmmm....Sashimi

 

[Maximus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12004742#post12004742 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danskim
What do you use to blend?

I just use a small food processor and chop it up and add a bit of rodi water.

 

[tbone28]

How much do you make at a time? 3 months worth? Any freezer burn issues?

 

[mtome]

I like the contemporary look. Great looking setup.

 

[Maximus]

I probably make 2-3 months worth at a time. Just make sure you use a freezer approved ziplock bag and it should be fine. I've been doing this for the past 10 years so I know it works well.

 

[Maximus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12004740#post12004740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tbone28
I really should give it a try. Just been so lazy to go to the market

Speaking of food, you inspired me to do a nog shot, Sang

Man, you don't need a new skimmer. It looks great as is. Does it have a Eheim pump?

 

[ooja3k]

how do you package the home made food? do you put it into ice cube trays to get some "cube" like shapes and then chop it up?

 

[Maximus]

Nah, I just throw it in a 1 gallon zip lock bag and freeze it flat. After it freezes, I take a hammer and break it up into small chunks.

 

[tbone28]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12004869#post12004869 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maximus
Man, you don't need a new skimmer. It looks great as is. Does it have a Eheim pump?

There a lot of things in this hobby we don't need I've been hanging out too much in threads with all these nice skimmers
I have the bug! I just have to try it out now.

I did buy the upgraded Eheim pump. It's the one they use on their RC series.

mtome - thanks!

 

[tbone28]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12004789#post12004789 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maximus
I just use a small food processor and chop it up and add a bit of rodi water.

What consistency do you chop it into? do you add any selcon, garlic, or other vitamins?

 

[Reeftanks6]

Nice looking skimmer. True about all those threads.

 

[Maximus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12005013#post12005013 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tbone28
What consistency do you chop it into? do you add any selcon, garlic, or other vitamins?

I chop it pretty small. I suppose if you have larger fish, you could leave larger chunks. Selcon is a good idea, however, I don't like the oil slick it leaves behind.

 

[danskim]

I guess I need to get a new food processor.
Can't beat 10 years experience. Thanks Maximus.. and tbone!

 

[tbone28]

Cyano update

Cyano update

While I wait for my new RODI filters to come in, I've done 2 20-gallon water changes. I'll do another 5 or 10 gallon change tonight. I also threw some carbon into a bag and placed it into my sump's baffle.

 

[chris wright]

Your on the right track with the water changes.

Have you put more thought into the ligths out option?

 

[tbone28]

Hey Chris. I did a water change tonight, but took a turkey baster to the cyano first. I caught a lot of it in my filter socks.

I have thought about the lights out approach, but I'd like to wait until I get my new RODI filters in first and see if that improves things before I do lights out. My hunch is that the old filters are causing this bloom.

 

[chris wright]

Good to hear that you can blow it into filter socks, that's a big advantage to catch the smaller particles as well.

I hope that the new filters for the Ro/Di works out. I know how big a headache cyano can be :lol:

 

[moo0o]

hey tbone,

i did an RO/DI filter change and man, everything is just great. im guessing my RO/DI water had phosphates because all the turf algae are slowly browning out and dying.

oh and nice avatar. it makes me really really hungry.=(

 

[paulthomas]

Nice avatar T. Good grill mark defintion too. :thumbsup: You should have a signature that says "Stick a fork in me." Just a thought...