It was suggested to me that, if using fresh seafood, it's a good idea to soak the food in water and baking soda (or powder, I can't remember). According to a reputable source, there's a phosphate heavy preservative used on the fresh seafood items in between catch and retail. When I get a minute I'll try find some more definitive information.

Safeway has had sales lately of mixed frozen seafood for 3.99. It consits of squid,mussels,octopus,cuttlefish and prawns. I just finely chop up something different everyday. My fish love it. When I eat salmon, which is about once a week, I slice off some of the grey part from the sides. Chop it fine and watch all my fish go nuts. By far their favorite.

Hi Old Guy,


Your fish food sounds delicious. I'd go crazy over the salmon also. Now my question.

Do you slice off the grey part for your little buddies before you cook the salmon or do they get the cooked seasoned good stuff?

Regards

Eric Borneman, of course, has an awesome looking recipe in his book, and this is an interesting thread developing about it, including what I thought to be a somewhat different type of ingredient..

Echinacea

I get my food where ever it is on sale mostly at the Superstore and TT market in the northeast. In the mall where TT is there are also stores that have dried shrimp which I feed my freshwater fish.

Troy,
I have not heard of this additive please keep us informed.

has anyone ever tried feeding mushy dog food? this is what i give my turtle, i wonder if it would be good for fish?

Wayne, I feed everything raw. I was told the grey part is very high in amino acids which is a" good thing" :mrgreen:

Sorry for digging up an old post, but Troy, did you ever confirm this phosphate preservative in packaged "fresh" seafood? I just got back from the grocery store with some salmon and smelt that I want to blend into a fish/coral food.

Hey Mason ... smelt is fairly fatty and leaves a oily slick on the water ... just FYI

Cheers

Well I don't have a great alternate food but I do have kind of a fancy trick that some may not know or have thought of.

I take a small glass jar and put my Mysis and brineshrimp and other goodies in. add a little bit of saltwater and then fill the rest with Seachem Vitamin's. It's always soaking in the fridge and I just feed from it and put it back in the fridge.

Just keep adding food and vitamin's to it.