The gritty mix of home made food

[Mudbeaver]

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.

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[Mudbeaver]

The gritty mix of home made food part 2

The gritty mix of home made food part 2

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.

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.

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.

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 funny .

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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[Mudbeaver]

supplements

supplements

I should of said that the spirulina is very potent in all this only 1 tableSpoon was necessary for the whole recipe. And you can see how dark it become and it smell very strong also. I've put only 6 drops of Selcon vitamins, too much is not good either, liver and kidneys could be at risk in certain species, garlic its not suppose to taste like garlic you just want the properties of it, 6 drops . You can always add to each pieces if you want or need too but once its in you could waste a whole lot for nothing. If your fish rejects it because of taste or smell then what. Most of the important stuff is in the food anyway, these 3 things are supplements only.

 

[Gorgok]

When i make mine (almost need to make another batch) i bag it i with eggcrate sized to fit in the gallon bags. Grids in bags, scoop mush into bag, use rolling pin/hands to spread it (from the outside). You want to see the edges of the eggcrate for best results. Come feeding time you will be so happy you can pop out cubes with relative ease.

 

[Mudbeaver]

Thanks

Thanks

When i make mine (almost need to make another batch) i bag it i with eggcrate sized to fit in the gallon bags. Grids in bags, scoop mush into bag, use rolling pin/hands to spread it (from the outside). You want to see the edges of the eggcrate for best results. Come feeding time you will be so happy you can pop out cubes with relative ease.

Thats a great idea thanks. :thumbsup:

 

[Ikserk]

When i make mine (almost need to make another batch) i bag it i with eggcrate sized to fit in the gallon bags. Grids in bags, scoop mush into bag, use rolling pin/hands to spread it (from the outside). You want to see the edges of the eggcrate for best results. Come feeding time you will be so happy you can pop out cubes with relative ease.

uh yeah, I agree. this is an excellent idea. I always thought the "eggcrate on a cookie sheet in the freezer and then once frozen pop out the cubes into a freezer bag for long term storage" thing was not worth the effort.

but the quoted idea above....this is a very nice modification to that.

Thanks!

 

[laga77]

When i make mine (almost need to make another batch) i bag it i with eggcrate sized to fit in the gallon bags. Grids in bags, scoop mush into bag, use rolling pin/hands to spread it (from the outside). You want to see the edges of the eggcrate for best results. Come feeding time you will be so happy you can pop out cubes with relative ease.

Do you leave the egg crate in the bag when you freeze it, and it comes out of the egg crate frozen ?

 

[Gorgok]

Egg crate stays in the bag always, only wash and clean it when i make a new batch.

Thing to remember is egg crate is tapered. If you push the blocks out the wrong way it will be much harder than the right way. But the right way with a thin filling (so you can clearly see all the edges) it comes out with a slight pop with your thumb. It also makes portion control really easy, just figure out how many cubes you need.

You could probably punch them all out and bag that, but i think the flat pack with egg crate takes so little space as is its not worth re-bagging them.

On initial freeze you probably want to put a piece of cardboard under the first bag, so the mush doesn't slump down too much. The flatter the freeze the better the results.

 

[Mudbeaver]

Well i fed again today and i can tell you that one small little cube wouldn't do it really, it would take several,lol.

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