So, I usually try to feed my fish and corals an assortment of different foods. While I do occasionally feed my corals directly, I don't routinely do this, instead allowing them to eat whatever is floating by that my fish leave behind.
Over the years I've seen various DIY aquarium food recipes and thought this would be a great way to ensure feeding several different types of food simultaneously without having to prepare a mixture each time.
I decided to document my recipe and experience here not only for myself to reference in the future but also in the hopes that it may help others as well.
Ingredients:
Start by freezing fresh clams as this makes it much easier to remove them from their shells and much easier to chop them. Slightly thaw them under cold water.
Open the clams and remove all meat from the shell.
Chop the clams to the desired size. I tried to chop them finely enough that they could be easily eaten by all of my fish.
Chop the frozen seafood mix as well. The picture is before chopping and removing the surimi. I forgot to take a picture afterwards.
Mix these ingredients into 2 lb of jumbo Mysis, 1 lb of spirulina brine shrimp and 8 oz of chopped squid.
Mix well then add the plankton, brine shrimp eggs, golden pearls, and Selcon.
Mix well then add the spirulina powder and the nori that has been chopped into small pieces.
Mix very well. This is what the completed mixture looked like.
I then packed it into 10 quart sized freezer bags. After flattening out the bags they were thrown in the freezer before feeding.
After all this I was hoping that my fish would at least eat it if not enjoy it but it turns out they LOVE it.
In the future I may play around a bit with some of the ingredients but overall I'm pretty happy with it.
Thanks!
Over the years I've seen various DIY aquarium food recipes and thought this would be a great way to ensure feeding several different types of food simultaneously without having to prepare a mixture each time.
I decided to document my recipe and experience here not only for myself to reference in the future but also in the hopes that it may help others as well.
Ingredients:
- 18 Large Clams
- 1 lb Frozen Seafood Mix (contains shrimp, mussels, squid, surimi - took this out, octopus)
- 2 lb Jumbo Mysis
- 1 lb Spirulina Brine Shrimp
- 8 oz Chopped Squid
- 4 oz Freeze Dried Plankton
- 2 oz 5-50 um Golden Pearls
- 8 oz Decapsulated Brine Shrimp Eggs
- 3 - 4 oz Mix of Green and Red Nori
- 4 oz Spirulina Powder
- 60 mL Selcon
Start by freezing fresh clams as this makes it much easier to remove them from their shells and much easier to chop them. Slightly thaw them under cold water.
Open the clams and remove all meat from the shell.
Chop the clams to the desired size. I tried to chop them finely enough that they could be easily eaten by all of my fish.
Chop the frozen seafood mix as well. The picture is before chopping and removing the surimi. I forgot to take a picture afterwards.
Mix these ingredients into 2 lb of jumbo Mysis, 1 lb of spirulina brine shrimp and 8 oz of chopped squid.
Mix well then add the plankton, brine shrimp eggs, golden pearls, and Selcon.
Mix well then add the spirulina powder and the nori that has been chopped into small pieces.
Mix very well. This is what the completed mixture looked like.
I then packed it into 10 quart sized freezer bags. After flattening out the bags they were thrown in the freezer before feeding.
After all this I was hoping that my fish would at least eat it if not enjoy it but it turns out they LOVE it.
In the future I may play around a bit with some of the ingredients but overall I'm pretty happy with it.
Thanks!
