Blender Food
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:33 pm
I just made another batch of my homemade blender mash for the fish tank.
I used:
1 lb fresh shrimp (like you eat)
1 lb fresh oysters (in a plastic container)
1/2 lb fresh fish (I used whiting b/c it's cheap)
10 sheets of Nori (1 pack from the Asian Market)
4 heaping tablespoons of flake food
1 pack of Mysis shrimp
2 cups of salt water (from tank)
Basically I have to make 2 batches because my blenders too small to hold all of this so:
Mix 1 cup saltwater, the frozen Mysis shrimp, and 5 sheets of Nori. I tear the Nori into 1/2" squares. Blend this up really good so that the Nori is "bite sized" for the fish.
Then I add half the fresh fish, flake food, shrimp, and oysters (drained & lightly rinsed). I blend this pretty good too. I try to get the pieces to 1/4". It's a little tricky not pulverizing it all the way to mush, so you might want to experiment or make 1 batch mush and 1 batch chunky.
I repeat this with the other half of the ingredients.
Once I have it all in a bowl, I fill up Ziploc sandwich bags and lay them flat so that they are about 1/4" - 1/3" thick. I stack these on a plate and freeze them.
The next day I get the Ziploc bags out of the freezer and thaw them for 5 minutes so they're easy to cut. Using a meat cleaver, I cut them into 1/2" - 1" squares. I then put the squares in another Ziploc bag and leave in the freezer until needed.
When I feed this I put it in a cup with tank water until it thaws. This way it won't go straight into my overflow when I feed.
One word of warning is that the oyster’s juice will cause your skimmer to go nuts if you don't drain it! It only cost about $15-$20 to make a batch and it'll last me months! I hope you guys find this useful!
I used:
1 lb fresh shrimp (like you eat)
1 lb fresh oysters (in a plastic container)
1/2 lb fresh fish (I used whiting b/c it's cheap)
10 sheets of Nori (1 pack from the Asian Market)
4 heaping tablespoons of flake food
1 pack of Mysis shrimp
2 cups of salt water (from tank)
Basically I have to make 2 batches because my blenders too small to hold all of this so:
Mix 1 cup saltwater, the frozen Mysis shrimp, and 5 sheets of Nori. I tear the Nori into 1/2" squares. Blend this up really good so that the Nori is "bite sized" for the fish.
Then I add half the fresh fish, flake food, shrimp, and oysters (drained & lightly rinsed). I blend this pretty good too. I try to get the pieces to 1/4". It's a little tricky not pulverizing it all the way to mush, so you might want to experiment or make 1 batch mush and 1 batch chunky.
I repeat this with the other half of the ingredients.
Once I have it all in a bowl, I fill up Ziploc sandwich bags and lay them flat so that they are about 1/4" - 1/3" thick. I stack these on a plate and freeze them.
The next day I get the Ziploc bags out of the freezer and thaw them for 5 minutes so they're easy to cut. Using a meat cleaver, I cut them into 1/2" - 1" squares. I then put the squares in another Ziploc bag and leave in the freezer until needed.
When I feed this I put it in a cup with tank water until it thaws. This way it won't go straight into my overflow when I feed.
One word of warning is that the oyster’s juice will cause your skimmer to go nuts if you don't drain it! It only cost about $15-$20 to make a batch and it'll last me months! I hope you guys find this useful!