Home Made Fish Food - Please Share Recipes

[TriggerFan]

Well, now that I will upgrade to a larger system and will have more fish, I would like to make my own food instead of buying LRS and others as it gets pretty expensive quickly. Fish: Tangs, Angelfish, Wrasses, etc

I have done some search and have gathered some ingredients, but would like others to share your recipes and process if possible.

List of ingredients so far:

1) 1Lb Shrimp
2) 2 Lobster tails
3) 1 Oyster Box
4) 1/2Lb Scallops
5) 1/2Lb Salmon
6) Black Worms (How many ?)
7) Blood Worms (How many ?)
8) Broccoli
9) Omega3 fish oil capsules
10) Vitamin C for fish

I will appreciate any help.

 

[Jeeperz]

I'd say if you are adding broccoli, add kale, spinache, chard. Those have more complete nutrition than broccoli. The rest sounds good so far, but not inexpensive.

 

[TriggerFan]

Great, added to the list! How much of each?

I assume the process is the same as BRS TV described in their video or is there anything else I should worry about? I guess there shouldn't be an issue mixing a herbivore blend with a more meaty blend?
(Say, food for tangs vs angels vs wrasses vs anything else)


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[TriggerFan]

Thanks, all supplements and dried food ordered. Watched the BRS TV videos and this is super simple. I also think I may substitute tuna for salmon due to the high amount of fats as all other supplements will provide enough fats and less risk of getting that fat into the water column.

 

[NautiTang]

I have never made any homemade food but ran across this this morning.

On and off approach for blackworms worked best to trigger spawning.

White shrimp (shells on) 500 g
Wild Pacific salmon 200 g
New Zealand Green Lipped mussels 200 g
Squid 100 g (can't be more than 10% of total mix)
Flying Fish Roe (masago) 15 g
Florida Aqua Farms vitamins 10 g
Nori (green, dry) 5-10 g
Wild Salmon Oil 5000 mg
Hawaiian Astaxanthin 600 mg (I've been leaving this out and coating pellets instead)
Florida Aqua Farms Gelatin 50 g

I don't know what you guys have available in the USA, but Canada is more strict on product labeling and additives. The white shrimp I buy has phosphate preservatives in it because of the collection countries (these are NOT on the labels). It is very difficult and extremely expensive to buy white shrimp without preservatives - you have to buy fresh Canadian shrimp off the docks. I feed this mash to my reef multiple times per day for many years. I've not had any PO4 issues in the reefs (I actually ADD PO4 haha). The salmon I buy is always Canadian harvested. For squid, I look for anything BUT China.

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Its in the sticky thread, good read.

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[tehmadreefer]

Well, now that I will upgrade to a larger system and will have more fish, I would like to make my own food instead of buying LRS and others as it gets pretty expensive quickly. Fish: Tangs, Angelfish, Wrasses, etc

I have done some search and have gathered some ingredients, but would like others to share your recipes and process if possible.

List of ingredients so far:

1) 1Lb Shrimp
2) 2 Lobster tails
3) 1 Oyster Box
4) 1/2Lb Scallops
5) 1/2Lb Salmon
6) Black Worms (How many ?)
7) Blood Worms (How many ?)
8) Broccoli
9) Omega3 fish oil capsules
10) Vitamin C for fish

I will appreciate any help.

Lobster? Pretty expensive fish food I’d s say.

 

[Makers Marc]

question for yall. Don't you find that sometimes puree-ing clams/scallops/fish roe ends up making them too small for your larger fish?

While Anthias, firefish, and other smaller inhabitants eat those tiny pieces I feel like alot more gets ignored and into my skimmer. Versus, if I put fish shaved clam and scallops everyone eats the vast majority?