DIY Fish and coral food.

[kien]

My method

Homemade reef food

[Hustler]

With the garlic thats fresh.... I notice my guys spit out the crushed garlic i add... do you blend it real fine first?
Ide rather the fresh stuff then extract if everything else im adding is fresh aswell

[BMahura]

When i was treating for ich i used fresh crushed garlic with mysis and all my fish ate the garlic as well as mysis. i just made sure it was super small peices

[phi delt reefer]

i froze mine into flat bars by putting the blended slurry on piece of saran wrap on a baking tray that fit my freezer and them folded the saran wrap over and sealed the edges to keep air out. i think flatted it out so it was about 1/4" thick and let it freeze. I cut it into bars the next day (rock solid) and just shave a bit into a cup of tank water when i feed. It melts in two minutes if shave it and it stops chunks that got missed by the blender from polluting ur tank (i have nano fish so big chunks never get finished)

[Hustler]

Just to double check.... Clam meat is ok if its raw?

[r.a.s.henson]

how does your skimmer reacts with all this protien in your water... i'd like to try this home made food.
i bought a bag of that seafood mix last night but i used it to make my awesome seafod chowder
and it was good for my belly not the fish...hahahah and my skimmer went crazy. hahahah

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Hustler

Just to double check.... Clam meat is ok if its raw?

and rinsed..be sure to take a good smell of the clam to make sure its not rotting first

[Nano]

neat I was looking for a Diy SW recipe, I feed me cichlids home made food for almost 2 years, its basically just prawns, spinach, peas, and loads of garlic. They love it and I haven't lost a fish to date! I was always curious of the applications of this in saltwater though. cool thread!