Home made frozen food. Not for squeamish people!!!

I made my own heartcicles last night. I took pictures so everybody can enjoy looking at the yummy fish food. (if you are squeamish, turn back now!!!)

I used locally raised, hormone and antibiotic free beef heart. Fresh grarlic, 1/2 tablespoon of Astaxanthin powder and about 3-4 tablespoons of Spirulina powder.

 

Have you fed your fish with it yet? What was the reaction?

 

My blood parrots went freaking nuts over it. One of them broke off a large chunk and took off with her prize, it was funny. Everybody was incredibly happy. My Cories got a hold of a chunk and a group of them devoured it. Even my Angel brutally attacked it.

Also, it was a lot cheaper to make that, than to buy the cubes of frozen heart at the LFS. I got the heart for $2-$3, the Ice cube trays were 2 for $1 at a dollar store and the powdered ingredients were maybe $4 each from Kensfish. It made so much more than what I get at the LFS and has better stuff in it.

I think my fish eat better than people ;D

 

did you have a certain recipe? as in terms of portions per ingredient?

 

No, I just knew how much of each thing I wanted to feed my fish.

If this were going to be a staple food, I would have gone less on the Astaxanthin and spirulina. While they are both very good for fish (and people) Too much can be bad. This will be fed once a week.

 

Sounds like a successful experiment

 

Lol I'm so undecided my favourite LFS doesn't stock them but they seem so sweet it's between a pair of blood parrots or gourami hmmmmmm decisions decisions I'm not getting the tank till Christmas so suppose I have time to make my mind up but I'm so very impatient sometimes I'm trying to talk Oliver into getting it me early do it will be cycled in time for Christmas I think I'm getting there well until he figures out the tank will be going where the Christmas tree usually goes He's a big kid when it comes to Christmas bless him

 

I am also really liking my Severum. They are related to Blood Parrots. They are a cool fish, they get about 8 inches. Have you thought about Angelfish? They are lots of fun too!

 

I did but I heard they can be aggressive and I know blood parrots can be too but then I heard about sparkling gourami and honeys but have fallen in love with blood parrots it's yours and kens fault lol. I know for sure I am getting two schools of corydoras and a plecostamus but so undecided on the others. Blood parrots are too cute with there big puppy eyes.
I've only seen them for sale once and they didn't look happy I just wanted to bring them all home although no tank to house them I got really upset poor little things

 

Blood Parrots do have special faces <3

 

They are so cute and strange looking (sorry) but in a cute way I like strange

 

Looks like a good recipe!

The angel is really looking great! He gained a lot of color since last time I saw a picture of him.

 

I really love the color of that Angel

 

The Angel is getting bigger too!

 

If you bred that gold and your black, would you get a marble gold/black? is that how it goes?

 

I intend to breed him/her with one of the blacks. I'm going to call their offspring "Dark Gold" I'm not sure what they would look like. Catsma or Rogue could probably tell us.

 

Crossing a Gold angel with a DD Black (assuming that is what you meant by "one of the blacks") you will end up with all Hybrid Black angels.

The offspring would get one gold gene and one black gene.

 

Thanks Dena!