Alternate food items
 

So, in addition to feeding banana and dehydrated broccoli, does anyone have other suggestions for alternate foods??

Does banana works cool

I use a mix of shrimp, fish, squid and whatever other seafood I find on sale mixed with Nori and vitamin supplements. Throw it all in the food processor and put into zip lock bags, flatten and freeze. This way I can just break off a piece at feeding time. It seems to work pretty well as the larger paricles feed the fish and the smaller ones feed corals and pods.

Can I ask why you make your own food. Quality? Cost? Other? I wouldn't think it would be cheaper to buy actual seafood once all is said and done. A big tub of Formula One goes a long way for the price. THat is why I am thinking it must be fore the quality of the food. Am I right?

Banana, :eek: , never heard of that one.

I once made my own. But I used some manufactured foods. I use to blend several kinds of flake food, frozen brine, mysis, bloodworms, several kinds of algae from my tank, water, selcon and/or vita chem. Mix to a mush and freeze in thin sheets.

It ended up being to fine when introduced to the tank, but was a great filter feeder food and good coral food. It also worked well for new fish that are hard to get feeding.

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dOUG WHERE ARE YOU FROM AGAIN IT DOESNT SAY UNDER YOUR NAME. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mike, looks like you're CAPS LOCK key is stuck on. :rolleyes:

seriac,
I find the price difference to be nominal as $10 worth of sea food will last me with 4 tanks up and running up to 6 months. You just need to be careful where where and what you buy. For instance you can get the 1kg block of squid tentacles for about $2(I can't believe people eat this) and some places have Atlantic shrimp with shells on for 2 or 3 dollars. I look for what's on sale and buy it and throw it all together. I like this type of food because it feeds everything in the tank with all particle sizes and I beleive it is very healthy with low phosphates and things like that. Although some filter feeding molusks can contain high amounts of heavy metals which should not be considered.

Seeing as your in Calgary. Where do you usually go to get these cheap items? Thanks. I would like to start making my own food.

I buy my seafood for my homemade food at Superstore. They have nice fresh seafood, shellfish etc and a large variety of frozen stuff.

I bought some cheap frozen seafood at an Asian market once and it was crap.

I personally find that squid will not blend into the food and leaves big strings, so I don't use it anymore. Maybe my blender is getting dull or something. :confused: