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Making
your own tank foods
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I like to make my own foods
for my tanks. Here is my little recipe, which tends to vary with
what is available at the LGS (Local Grocery Store). I call this....
SaltReef Wonder-Slurry!
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First, a bowl
with several cups of tank water. I've thought about using RO/DI
water for this, but I figure that the food fish eat don't come out
of RO/DI water, so why use it?
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And empty
bowl to receive our wonder slurry.
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The mini Cuisinart.
Don't do this with your spouse
around :)
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Here is the
buffet...Dispayed for your pleasure.
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A closer look.
Here we see ESV spray-dried marine phytoplankton, Selcon concentrate,
Squid, Mullet and a pile of small shrimp.
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I cut up the
mullet, and discard the heads (probably shouldn't) but I'm trying
not to over work the Cuisinart with fish skulls.
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To the Cuisinart,
I add some tank water (about 2/3 cup), one teaspoon of Phytoplankton
and 4 dropper squirts of Selcon.
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Then we add some of our sweet
meats. Gee, I'm starting to feel like Emeril Lagasse.
BAM!
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This stuff
looks very yummy! Would probably make a good Sushi sauce!
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In the big
empty bowl, I added a bit more water to get a consistency that would
pour easily from the vials I use. Don't let your spouse seeing you
use one of the kitchen implements here either!
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As a side
note, the food I'm making is for the general feeding of medium to
small sized fish and the tank in general. This is shot of what I
use for the lion and grouper. Basically the same, just no Phyto
and not ground up.
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I then fill
a big syringe with the slurry.
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I fill little
vials with the slurry from the syringe. I use one or two of them
to feed all the tanks depending as I like to vary the food levels.
This size vial takes about 20 minutes to thoroughly thaw.
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Here is the
set of full vials I filled (I really wish I had a lot more!). This
should last me about a week and a half.
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Here is the
rest, in the freezer. This is probably would fill another 50 vials.
I'll get more some day. I do find this to be a great way to feed
the tanks. If you have any thoughts on this, just let me know!
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