Fish Food Alternatives?

[cybercron]

I ran out of Mysis and Brine shrimp last night and did not make it to my LFS today to restock my supply. Can I feed my Clowns and Gobies diced cocktail shrimp? How long can fish survive without food?

Thanks,

Van

 

[steve-s]

As long as the shrimp is raw it will be just fine. Be sure to put it in the blender to grind it up a bit. If the food size is too large it will cause problems for the fish. If you have it, also add some liquid vitamin to the mix.

Cheers
Steve

 

[electrikat]

Why not make your own and never run out. There is an excellent blender mush recipe on this site that I have been using for a few months and have gotten rid of all my cyano problems. My version of it is just: raw shrimp from grocery, raw scallops, a little bit of octopus I got from grocery, some spinach leaves or romaine,(Sometimes I use green and brown algae sheets also or instead), Then I add marine zoe, phytoplex and zooplex(for the inverts), and a couple cloves of fresh garlic(for disease). The original recipe is called "blender mush" and can be found by doing a search of this site. I put it all in a blender with a little of the tank water till it's the consistency of oatmeal, then I pour it onto a plastic lid for a sheet pan and put it into the freezer. After it is frozen, I break it into pieces about 4 inches square and put them in ziploc freezer baggies. I make enough for about 8 baggies at a time and just break off enough for one feeding at a time and drop it in a cup of tank water to thaw for a couple of minutes then pour it all in. I has gotten rid of my cyano problems completely. Apparently the frozen foods at the lfs are chock full of phosphates. Hope this helps and sorry it's so longwinded.

 

[midiman]

This hobby continues to get more and more interesting. Up to this point (being still without inhabitants in my cycling tank), I had given no thought to food. I just figured some sort of marine flake/pellet, perhaps augmented with frozen worms/shrimp etc.

Now I can be the Molto Mario of my aquatic realm.

Luckily, being fortunate enough to be of southern Italian descent, I have a freezer full of frutti di mare, a.k.a. seafood.