fish food

[five.five-six]

I ended up with a larger fish and that thing eats like a pig. Seriously, it's a freaking machine and he's only going to get bigger. I could see myself easily spending more on fish food than electricity and I run Halides!

I like feeding frozen cubes and it seems that 4 pounds of frozen cubes is going to run about $90 shipped which will probably last me about 3 months

Any better values in fish food out there?

 

[Daltonbilecki]

Whole baby shrimp at an asian food market, and throw it in a blender to make it into little chunks.


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[vuqchu]

Take the fish and make some tamales with with it. Problem solved.

 

[m0nkie]

beside making my own, I like the large mysis from Hikari. usually sold for $12/lb at LFS

very clean too. dissolve it in water and all you get is mysis and clear water

 

[five.five-six]

Mmmmmmm tamlies.

I really do like the convenience of cubes. I don’t mind spending some time preparing foods once a mont or so but it needs to be effortless for daily feeding times.

 

[m0nkie]

I freeze home made food in flat sheets. Smash it up and you got cubes. I defrost some and feed for 2-3 days. Keeping it in the fridge in a closed jar in between.

I feed 100% frozen food. About $40 worth monthly. $30 of the frozen mix and $10 of mysis and krill. Much cheaper than LRS food

 

[Breadman03]

Mmmmmmm tamlies.

I really do like the convenience of cubes. I don't mind spending some time preparing foods once a mont or so but it needs to be effortless for daily feeding times.

I freeze home made food in flat sheets. Smash it up and you got cubes. I defrost some and feed for 2-3 days. Keeping it in the fridge in a closed jar in between.

I feed 100% frozen food. About $40 worth monthly. $30 of the frozen mix and $10 of mysis and krill. Much cheaper than LRS food

If you really like cubes and have the space, why not get a bunch of smaller ice cube trays and freeze your smoothie in them?

 

[golfish]

I freeze home made food in flat sheets. Smash it up and you got cubes.

I used a meat grinder, I guess a blender or food processor would also work. Shrimp, clams, octopus, fresh fish, nori....the list is endless.

This method worked well for me, scoop some in a small freezer bag and flatten, then freeze.

 

[mmarro99]

Make your own food! 40ish bucks I make about 5 pounds of food. Clams mussel oyster shrimp scallop. All you need is a good processor and a few minutes

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[wonf]

I make my own food too. Get the combo seafood packages at an asian market (usually shrimp. squid, clams, etc), make sure it's only the seafood and no additives. I also usually add more raw shrimp in it as well to try to get a 70-80% shrimp and rest other seafood recipe. Blend/chop it, add flakes in it if u want, and freeze flat in a freezer zip lock bag.

I feed this plus pellets during feeding.

Waaaay cheaper than buying frozen fish food.

 

[miralami]

I do the same, I also add lots of nori and red algae and lots of cheap flake and pellets to blender.
When it's completely frozen in zip locs, you can use bone cutter to break it into cubes and store in freezer.


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[five.five-six]

Looks like I’m heading to the 99 ranch market for seafood combo package nd nori.

I hear they have good deals on pork there too.

 

[miralami]

Mark, look for H Mart, they have quality fresh stuff.
I will also order red algae and selcon for the mix.
Good luck with your hungry fish


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[dodgerblew]

Great information here!

 

[m0nkie]

Mark, look for H Mart, they have quality fresh stuff.
I will also order red algae and selcon for the mix.
Good luck with your hungry fish


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+1 H Mart > 99 Ranch on raw seafood

make sure the Nori is saltless.

I also only buy the frozen packs that's labeled wild caught. I read farmed seafood could have issues. Wild caught is only $1 or $2 more expensive.

 

[m0nkie]

HMart also has giant clams at about 50 cents each. half shell snacks for fish.

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[Daltonbilecki]

I've seen some asian markets carry live margarita snails and those orange spot nassarius snails too.


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[five.five-six]

Great information here!

No kidding, I'm really glad tht I asked!

Surprised that no one caught the 99ranch pork reference though.....


For those pushing HMart, how much better is it? I have 99ranch right down the street and I love it.

 

[m0nkie]

it's about the same.. H mart has better selection of seafood and fruits. A little bit cheaper than 99.

99 is becoming a premium Asian market. higher price than most. (168, SF market)

 

[GTR]

I got it. Surprised they don't sell it that way in their parking lot, might to safer. Their meat/seafood counter scares me. lol

Reminds me when I was in San Felipe. The meat delivery truck was a stake bed truck with a swarm of flies following it down the street. Like a cartoon in real life. lol

No kidding, I'm really glad tht I asked!

Surprised that no one caught the 99ranch pork reference though.....


For those pushing HMart, how much better is it? I have 99ranch right down the street and I love it.