Reef food.

[HTNguyen]

Hi every one. I have used Roger reef food, and you know it's becoming very expensive since my construction work slow down. I can't afford it any more.Some one please show me how prepare food for both fishes and corals. Thanks

 

[user 26995]

its basically pretty easy.
you can get seafood mixes at some grocery stores that contain shrimp, scallops, oysters, squid and clams although you want to remove the clams, unless you have a fish only tank. I get shrimp and scallops from the grocery store and then frozen mysis and formula 1 and formula 2. chop them all up, mix them together and then freeze it flat in qt freezer bags.
when you feed, thaw and rinse it good in rodi water and soak it in vitamins and garlic suppliment and then feed.

 

[HTNguyen]

Thank you Ipisces. will do this weekend.

 

[NanaReefer]

Selcon is always a great additive. High in HUFA


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[spieszak]

Selcon is always a great additive. High in HUFA


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+1

The garlic additive I kind of disagree with. There have been studies (non ornamental) noting that garlic is 'bad' on fish livers. Its in some foods and I don't completely avoid it, but I try to make it only an occasional additive rather than and all the time supplement.

Chopping can be tough with raw seafood, so I've used the blender or one of those hand held milk shake things before too. Whats nice about that is that you usually end up with some stuff that is 'extra pulverized' which makes the corals happy. Costco usually has some great mixed frozen packages. I also don't avoid the clams, although I do end up eating those myself, or tossing any of the ones I can't manage to open.

Also, if you like the 'convenience' of cubes, you can almost always find small ice cube trays at the dollar store... some even small enough to match the cubes we're used to buying.

 

[reefjock]

I've used frozen Formula 1 and 2 in the past. My protein skimmer goes nuts when I did. Does anybody else have that problem?

 

[HTNguyen]

reef food

What are formula 1 and formula 2 ? and what kind of vitamin should I mix.

 

[reefjock]

Formula 1 and 2 are foods made by Ocean Nutrition. I personally don't add any vitamins.

 

[spieszak]

selcon has all the vitamins you need... I use fish oil capsules on occasion (as much as you care to use really, but remember, that is added nutrients), and some vitamin c if I have it around (tiny,tiny amounts but there are threads on the interwebs that talk all about vitamin c as a supplement if you want to really look into it)
Some people use B12 from what I've read, but I don't know how much...
If you really read the ingredients on most foods, they list the vitamins that are added. The problem is trying to figure out how much is too much, which is why I go with selcon, and then only use it on occasion. When you start with raw frozen, there isn't too much loss there in comparison to what it start out as. If you have the option for veined or "de-veined" shrimp you want the veins. The idea (at least for me) is to get as close to a 'wild diet' as you can.

Throwing in some dried seaweed from the asian market is decent idea too, if you have any fish that will eat it.. you have to be a bit cautious there as if no one eats it, its just detritus.

 

[1guydude]

Winco sell $5 and $10 mixed seafood bags. Mostly.octo and squid.
A.lil cheap chopper or blender can b good!
Hths
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[HTNguyen]

Thank you Stacey, I'll take your advise.

 

[HTNguyen]

Would you please give me a list of seafood should I use for. Thanks.

 

[spieszak]

You are over thinking it. I can't off hand think of anything you shouldn't use.
Just about anything frozen labeled something like 'seafood medley' or 'mixed seafood' will do just fine.
Shrimp, clams, mussels, scallops, raw fish, salmon, sqid, octopus, frozen or powdered cyclops, nori, just about any other frozen fish food you have on hand.
There are some specific recipes out there if you do a search, but when you read them, you'll likely see that you should 'feel free to substitute' with what you have on hand.
Once you make the leap, you need to feed sparingly at first as your fish get used to the new taste/texture.