Lately I have been having problems getting Frozen Food, my LFS just does not keep alot or it goes bad. I usually buy alot and store it in the freezer in the garage but have at times run out of some types, I usually use Ocean Nutrition and San Francisco Bay Brand food. Anyone know of a place online that sells them. I found that DrsfosterSmith.com has some but not all of the food I use.
Frozen Food
- Thread starter marinelife
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Make your own. It is sooo simple, takes only a few minutes. No magic to it. Try something different each time which is what makes it so good. You can over better variety to your critters.
My only caution is with squid. My critters love it, but it overflows the skimmer on me. If I don't use squid the skimmer goes flat as expected.
I couldn't find a frozen food that my anthias would eat. But they eat frozen slurry based on shrimp with gusto.
My only caution is with squid. My critters love it, but it overflows the skimmer on me. If I don't use squid the skimmer goes flat as expected.
I couldn't find a frozen food that my anthias would eat. But they eat frozen slurry based on shrimp with gusto.
If you are going to make your own, guse the Waikiki Aquarium recipe. It is listed somewhere on here - do a search.
Otherwise, I'd get Formulas 1 and 2. SF Bay Brand is sold by Petco, which means it probably is garbage.
Anthias are plankton eaters - get it by the jar or use Hikari brand (they fortify theirs with vitamins).
:wink:
Otherwise, I'd get Formulas 1 and 2. SF Bay Brand is sold by Petco, which means it probably is garbage.
Anthias are plankton eaters - get it by the jar or use Hikari brand (they fortify theirs with vitamins).
:wink:
Make your own.. I am a firm believer in (blender mush).. One note grind the squid first as it is a little stringy...
I use squid, salmon, clams, scallops, shrimp, and what ever else is on sale at the seafood counter.. I take the mush and put it in freezer bags and flatten out. This way it makes a frozen food that I can break off like the stuff you buy...
I alternate one day flake the next day mush... Everybody likes the mush except the skimmer... It goes nut for a while, but it is just doing it.s job.
I use squid, salmon, clams, scallops, shrimp, and what ever else is on sale at the seafood counter.. I take the mush and put it in freezer bags and flatten out. This way it makes a frozen food that I can break off like the stuff you buy...
I alternate one day flake the next day mush... Everybody likes the mush except the skimmer... It goes nut for a while, but it is just doing it.s job.
Petco is evil.
They have some products usable by serious aquarists, but they are the Wal-Mart of pets... unethical, cutthroat, box store with mostly cheap stuff and lots of suffering (only in their case it's animals, not kids in sweatshops).
Seriously - the top-end LFS shops, the ones that get hand picked Walt Smith corals, have surge systems, 500+ gallon display tanks...
have they even heard of "SF Bay Brand?"
I don't think so. And I live above the SF Bay!
Get the good stuff or make it....
here's the best recipe I've seen:
http://reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showth ... adid=85407
They have some products usable by serious aquarists, but they are the Wal-Mart of pets... unethical, cutthroat, box store with mostly cheap stuff and lots of suffering (only in their case it's animals, not kids in sweatshops).
Seriously - the top-end LFS shops, the ones that get hand picked Walt Smith corals, have surge systems, 500+ gallon display tanks...
have they even heard of "SF Bay Brand?"
I don't think so. And I live above the SF Bay!
Get the good stuff or make it....
here's the best recipe I've seen:
http://reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showth ... adid=85407
Where can you buy "trout chow"?
And why on earth would carrotts be a part of a fishes natural diet?
I know, don't question it, but really, carrotts?
I don't get it!
Are all the vitimans the type you can get a the local drug store or General Nutrition Center? What brand do you guys use?
I've just been feeding Ocean Nutrition products, but like the idea of making my own.
Louey
And why on earth would carrotts be a part of a fishes natural diet?
I know, don't question it, but really, carrotts?
I don't get it!
Are all the vitimans the type you can get a the local drug store or General Nutrition Center? What brand do you guys use?
I've just been feeding Ocean Nutrition products, but like the idea of making my own.
Louey
Posted by marinelife:
-As Rich has pointed out its just seafood from the market. Now I can understand not making it in the house if she dosen't like the smell of seafood, but you could always take the blender out to the garage :wink: . Or maybe you could wait till the wife goes out and actually use the kitchen
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Steve
-As Rich has pointed out its just seafood from the market. Now I can understand not making it in the house if she dosen't like the smell of seafood, but you could always take the blender out to the garage :wink: . Or maybe you could wait till the wife goes out and actually use the kitchen
.Steve
Good idea Danmhippo.
I am going to someday make my own, following the Waikiki Aquarium recipe.
Just because they've forgotten more about fish tending than I'll ever know.
The key is to make a ton of it *once* so you're not constantly stinking up the house.
I've even started freezing the organic broccoli, cucumber, spinach, etc. for my tang. It lasts longer that way, still holds the nutrients, and doesn't keep me running to the store for a handful of organic veggies.
I am going to someday make my own, following the Waikiki Aquarium recipe.
Just because they've forgotten more about fish tending than I'll ever know.
The key is to make a ton of it *once* so you're not constantly stinking up the house.
I've even started freezing the organic broccoli, cucumber, spinach, etc. for my tang. It lasts longer that way, still holds the nutrients, and doesn't keep me running to the store for a handful of organic veggies.
My last batch I made in the garage. Put the bags in the freezer there. Dipped the cup into the tank to wash out. (Fish loved it!) rinsed in the bathroom. Was sparkling clean by the time I returned it to the kitchen and placed it into the dishwasher. BTW - give a sample of the mix to your critters before freezing to make sure that particle size is acceptable.
If you have a food processor I would suggest you use that over a blender. The larger blades work much better. If the mush gets to thick I thin it out with some tank water. Could use RO/DI water or something but tank water was closer for me.
My wife was not thrilled with the idea when I first did it. Once you do it and show her you're a big boy and can clean up after yourself they get over it. I even clean the sink for her... cause I know if she finds any of the mush in the sink or other dishes it will be much harder to make next time.
If you have a food processor I would suggest you use that over a blender. The larger blades work much better. If the mush gets to thick I thin it out with some tank water. Could use RO/DI water or something but tank water was closer for me.
My wife was not thrilled with the idea when I first did it. Once you do it and show her you're a big boy and can clean up after yourself they get over it. I even clean the sink for her... cause I know if she finds any of the mush in the sink or other dishes it will be much harder to make next time.
ok you got me interested a little, but I would still like to see some online sources to buy the already frozen. As for making my own I could not find the Waikiki Aquarium recipe, anyone have the link. I will need something for tangs and is feeding them veggies just as good as feeding them sea veggies
I make food with a few pieces of fresh seafood from the local supermarket...a few shrimps, piece of fish, a little squid, etc. add some dry fish food, Kent Reef plus, zoe, chromaplex or whatever you feed your tank nowblend it up with a small food chopper that I purchased at Macy's for $10, I then put it in a freezer bag lay it on a cookie sheet and freeze it flat. When it's frozen I break it up into about 1" pieces (they're about 1/4" thick) then every 2 or three days I wave a piece in front of a power head and pretty much feed everything...fish go nuts, polyps close up for a few minutes with food in them and frogspawn, anchor and torch start reaching...last time I made this the seafood portion cost less than $2 and that was for me and a friend for about 3-4 weeks...good luck
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