Eric's "famous" coral food recipe

[michaelg]

A lot of times all you can get is frozen stuff to make thecocktail with. Try to find stuff with minimal preservatives. If you have one- find an oriental market that has a good seafood dept. Tends to be cheaper, more variety, and you can bring stuff home for dinner.

 

[Chicago]

brewers yeast good to add. and is there a difference betwenn taht and old plain bread yeast ?

 

[trpigg]

awesome info eric...Thanks for the help on my newbie tank.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Does this food sink or float? I have a hard time getting my chunks of food to sink down to my Anemone.

 

[Snowboarda42]

Holy old thread, batman!

To answer your question though, its supposed to be melted in a cup of tank water, then poured in. Its more like a liquid rather than a solid that floats. It has to be really small so your corals can get some.

 

[newclean]

Eric, do you have an update for your current coral feeding recipe? Or does the stuff from 2002-2004 still stand? Any new products you have good experience with?

 

[kzooreefer]

I don't believe Eric even comes to Reef Central any more. You can find him on marinedepot's forums, he has his own forum under Team Marinedepot

http://forum.marinedepot.com/

 

[newclean]

thanks kzoo,

I'll try to get him there. I will post his response on this forum...if I get one. Also if I am allowed to do that (forum rules). Administrator please chime in on this.

 

[newclean]

Eric's response to me at marine depot:

"As I have mentioned in the past, it changes from batch to batch depending on what is available. Are there any particular products you had in mind? There are a lot of new food products out there, and I try to read the ingredients when I see them but as of yet I fail to see anything particularly new or exciting in most of them. I did a group order of food for our local club, and H2) had a frozen coral food that had good ingredients in it, but again, nothing novel. Just convenient that more and more manufacturers are FINALLY becoming aware of the need and size of coral food products and diversifying a bit."

 

[Fragman2]

I have been thinking about making my own fish/coral food for a long time now but have not done so. Are new high quality products like "Rods food" from Rod's Reef going to be more or less expensive than going out and buying all of the stuff on the list of ingredients making a big stinky mess with my blender?

Paul

 

[Reefski's]

cheaper and fresh ingredients don't stink.

 

[gary faulkner]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12616191#post12616191 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefski's
cheaper and fresh ingredients don't stink.

And look at all the fun you can have, screwing up the kitchen and making the significant other mad at you. I can't wait to make another batch!

 

[Fragman2]

I don't care if they are still alive "Fresh", Clams, Mussels and juicy stuff like that stinks baby!

 

[kmckay]

All a matter of personal preference I suppose

 

[syedjilani]

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