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TriggerFan

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Well, I am running out of some homemade food I bought from a fellow reefer.
I mix this with cubes of brine shrimp, spirulina shrimp, Mysis, etc and my fish devours this mix.

I attempted to reach out to the reefer to buy more, but no luck, so... I am willing to attempt to make my own.
This being said, I wonder if any of you prepare your own food and can share some ingredients and preparation method?
 
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Boyd’s Vitachem, selcon, chopped nori, spirulina powder, focus or a gelatin to bind it

I know they make probiotics for hatchery foods. Wouldn’t hurt to add that as well.

chopped krill
 

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I usually go to an Asian market and get whole small fish, squid, krill, clam, and nori. I blend nori as it does not grind well first, then run everything through a meat grinder while frozen. Mix together in a bucket and add selcon and phytoplankton. If I have reef rods or other dry coral food I add too. Put mix in freezer bags about a half inch thick and freeze as sheets. Once frozen cur into blocks and keep in freezer. I usually do this every 6 months or so and my fish are all fat
 

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BRS has some good recommendations as always.
 

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Here is a one for you to try! This is the recipe that Moody Gardens uses for their 800,000 gallon Caribbean Exhibit. You will of course have to scale down the ingredients to meet your specific tank size needs...and you may be able to do without the shark vitamins!


The Aquarium at Moody Gardens Caribbean Exhibit
Omnivore Gel Diet Recipe

1. Place the following items into blender and blend continuously:

350ml - Cold Water
250g - Non-oily fish, shrimp, clam or krill (must rinse krill thoroughly)
4 sheets - Nori (seaweed)
75g - Omega One Flakes (or 160g of Omega One Veggie Pellets)
1/2 cup - Orange Juice
2 large - Shark Vitamin tablet crushed
3 large - Omega Tabs (pierce capsules and throw away casings)
2.5 tsp - Liquid multivitamin (Vita-chem)
3/4 tsp - Minced garlic
1 tbsp. - Spirulina

2. Weigh out 150g total greens. Use a mixture of spinach, green peppers, and sweet potatoes.

3. Weigh out 250g of gelatin. Don't add to blender yet.

4. Put 500ml of RO/DI water in microwave for 5 minutes.

5. Blanch greens from step 2 in hot water from microwave. Remove greens from water (save the water) and let the greens cool for a minute. Add to blender. Blend on high.

6. Add the hot water (step 5) and 500g of gelatin to the blender at the same time.

7. Let blend for 5-10 minutes. It is very important that the greens and veggie pellets are well blended.

8. Pour mixture into Tupperware and allow to set approximately 1/2 hour. Refrigerate afterwards

9. Cut into small squares suitable for your size fish.
 
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