Sticky for homemade fish food.

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  1. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    Hey guys, was wondering if we could get a sticky made up with everyone's homemade recipes! i am thinking about making something up for my fish and would like some ideas!

    lets see those recipes!
     
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  3. skurious

    skurious Sailfin Tang

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    Here is what im feeding. I feed this around 3 times a week, one of which is a small feeding I do after lights have been out for a bit. This is of course all grinded up into a nasty paste and then frozen. I take a chunk out and put it in a thing of tank water and add aquavitro fuel.


    5 lb Cod Fillets
    15 lb Table shrimp
    10 lb Scallops ("dry")
    4 lb Squid
    4 lb Baby Octopus
    0.5 lb Oysters (blended)
    50g Unroasted Nori
    4 lb Jumbo Krill
    40oz PE Mysis
    6 2.5oz bars Cyclops
    6 3.5 oz cube trays Brine shrimp
    6 3.5 oz cube trays Spirulina brine shrimp
    6 3.5 oz cube trays Bloodworms
    6 3.5 oz cube trays Rotifers
    6 3.5 oz cube trays Krill
    5 100g cube trays Mysis
    4 1000g flat packs Daphnia
    150g 2mm NLS Pellets
    150g 3mm NLS Pellets
    3 60ml bottle Selcon
    1 2oz bottle H20 Life GVH Seaweed Soak
    1 4oz bottle Kent Marine C
    3 1oz bottles Kent Garlic Extreme
    1 8oz bottle Kent Coral-Vite
    1 30g jar Two Little Fishies ZoPlan
    1 30g jar TLF PhytoPlan
    1 16oz bottle TLF Marine Snow
    2 28g jar Coral Frenzy
    2 1.5oz jars BRS Reef Chili
    1/4 gallon RO/DI
    Veggies (amounts and exact ingredients TBD, but peas, broccoli, spinach, etc)
     
  4. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    how long does that last? and how much does it cost? lol
     
  5. skurious

    skurious Sailfin Tang

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    It was made by the Greater iowa reef society. cost me $10 dollars for a 12 oz bag. this should last a very long time. I only have a 40 gallon and feed sparingly. as for cost to make it.....im sure it wasnt pretty but they more than made the money back for the supplies.
     
  6. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    ohh wish i could have gotten some of that!