Where to get fish food
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ItzJustinN
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i get from the lfs.
i like rods frozen food. when you thaw it, it breaks down to multiple sized particles, allowing you to feed just about anything in your tank.
if your into pellets, i used to get the ocean nutrition pellets. formula one or two, i think only the size differed.
EDIT:: @chucklez, what do you mean cleaner than rods?
i like rods frozen food. when you thaw it, it breaks down to multiple sized particles, allowing you to feed just about anything in your tank.
if your into pellets, i used to get the ocean nutrition pellets. formula one or two, i think only the size differed.
EDIT:: @chucklez, what do you mean cleaner than rods?
makeshift101
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i get it from the lfs as well, let it melt a bit, put garlic and selcon let them soak in and then refrezze
TanksDad13
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I use Rod's. First time, not sure how I like it. There are some LARGE chunks of shrimp in there and my little fish don't know what to do with it. I was just told to strain the food, then put it in the tank... Apparenty the oils from the food raises Po4???
TanksDad13
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South City
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I like this one.
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TanksDad13
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How long have you been using it SC?
South City
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A short time now. I make it in smaller batches than he showed in the video and I use different seafood depending upon what is available cheaply when I shop.
What I found most useful about the video was seeing the steps for how he did it rather than following his exact recipe. The mix of ingredients that you will want to use will depend upon the types of fish and coral that you have in the tank.
What I found most useful about the video was seeing the steps for how he did it rather than following his exact recipe. The mix of ingredients that you will want to use will depend upon the types of fish and coral that you have in the tank.
Scubareefman
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That seems like some good food. I made my own food for my old fish only tanks. I used shrimp, fat salmon, marlin (sometimes), nori, and spirulina powder. It worked great but was super messy to make, but I tend to use every possible bowel, pan, spoon, and surface when I do anything in the kitchen.
I cleaned the shrimp when I did it, never thought the fish would prefer them with the shells.
cheers,
Tom
TanksDad13
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I have a 28 Gal Nano with -
Leopard Wrasse 2"
Diamond Gobi 2 1/2"
(2) False Perc Clowns 2"
(2) Acan colonies
Trachyphyllia Brain
(2) Acro sticks
Trumpets
Rainbow Monti
Purple Chalice
Glove Polyps
Diaseris
(2) Zoa colonies
ORA Green Montipora Spongodes
Ricordeas
What concoction would you brew? Right now I feed the fish Rod's Food.. The coral I mix Doc's Eco Bytes, R.O.E., and a dry food blend into some tank water and target feed.
kegogut
Active member
Ive made my own food before.
Scallops-uncooked shrimp-some tilapia fillet-nori sheets-selcon-some minced garlic. I added some RO/DI and bleeded it together well,put it in a gallon baggie and flattened it out and froze it.
You can put whatever your fish likes into it squid,octopus etc etc.
Scallops-uncooked shrimp-some tilapia fillet-nori sheets-selcon-some minced garlic. I added some RO/DI and bleeded it together well,put it in a gallon baggie and flattened it out and froze it.
You can put whatever your fish likes into it squid,octopus etc etc.
South City
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I'm not sure that I'd consider myself an authority just quite yet. But since it appears that you have primarily meat eaters that are on the smaller side, I'd stick with a recipe similar to the video but perhaps chop it up just a bit finer so the chunks are smaller. I'd pick two to three quality meats, a small amount of nori, some black worms for the Leopard wrasse and a bit of zooplankton/phytoplankton. For the last item I have Reef Chile from BRS that I add into the mix, but I think any other product that has some zoo/phyto in it would work as well.
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