Homemade fish food?

[Sunny]

I recently bought a new Freshwater fish book and the author talks extensively about live and home made food for aquarium fish. He even mentions table scraps. Has anyone tried this? Has it worked for you and your fish?

He also mentioned Beef heart and feeding bread crumbs. How do you prepare beef heart for aquarium fish?

 

[jamzwayne]

Sounds fishy (no pun intended)

One would think that cooked or perpared foods would have ingredients in it that might disrupt the balance of the tank chemistry...but then again, I'm a newbie

 

[anonapersona]

discus food

Beef heart is a standard discus food, what sort of fish do you have? some are vegetarians, some eat anything, some require high protein. discus neeed high protein for fast growth before sexual maturity when growth slows.

Beefheart is cubed, cleaned of all fat, fibers, and veins, then gound in a meat grinder or food processor. Some add shrimp, flake food, vitamins, other seafood, vegetables. then it is bagged and frozen and cubes chopped of and perhaps grated prior to feeding.

It's a lot of work. Worth doing if you feed a lot of fish several times a day, but for small fish, too much work.

 

[Sunny]

Funny thing, we are all Texans talking on this thread. We actually live not too far from jamzwayne. You have a great catfish aquarium in Athens.

The fish I have right now are two small fancy goldfish, two corydoras and a frog. But we are getting ready for an 80 gallon with a tropical community. I was thinking that preparing some homemade food could be fun as a supplement for the fish.

Also, has anyone grown live foods at home?

 

[jamzwayne]

Originally posted by Sunny
Funny thing, we are all Texans talking on this thread. We actually live not too far from jamzwayne. You have a great catfish aquarium in Athens.

I took some pics of the record breaking catfish. I can upload em to my ftp site tonight if anyone is interested. Just let me know.

BTW

TEXAS ROCKS

 

[Sunny]

I love catfish and would like to see your pictures. I'd put a catfish in my new 80g, but have heard they like to munch on smaller fish. :sad

 

[Shierkahn]

I guess it all depends on the catfish. I have a 10" Megaladoras Irwinii in my 150g and he doesn't even bother the feeder guppies when they go down and hide in his cave with him.

 

[jamzwayne]

Originally posted by Shierkahn
I guess it all depends on the catfish. I have a 10" Megaladoras Irwinii in my 150g and he doesn't even bother the feeder guppies when they go down and hide in his cave with him.

AWESOME.

He sounds like a trouper. Got pics?

 

[jamzwayne]

Originally posted by Sunny
I love catfish and would like to see your pictures. I'd put a catfish in my new 80g, but have heard they like to munch on smaller fish. :sad

Shierkahn broke the TX chain :laugh:

Oh well...he he he

Have you not seen or heard about him? He's gorgeous! (I said that in a Steve Erwin voice).

I will put a couple up tonight of the pics I took at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.

Theres a couple of pictures on the site as well....Beatiful 121.5lbs world record cat.

 

[jamzwayne]

Here are those pictures I promised. Its only a few.

Enjoy:

Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Pictures