Snail Jello Food Recipe

[Thunder_o_b]

One of our members was kind enough to post this a while ago.

Snail Jello


Yes! Its a bit of an investment at first, mainly for the calcium and spirulina, but the stuff lasts a long time.

For a batch I use:
2 packs of unflavored jelatin
1 sweet potato, cooked and blended into watery mush. Or you can use a can of baby food. If you make your own that's the consistancy you want.
1/4 can of spinich, well drained
2 blocks of frozen fish food
A few algae wafers (if you have them)
I put in crushed flakes as well as the shrimp pellets for bottom feeders because I have them on hand.
10 calcium pills. No phosphorus. If they are coated I soak them in warm water to get it off. Then crush them really good. A ziplock baggie and something blunt and hard is your friend for this step, lol.
10 spirulina capsules (emptied out)

I mix everything except the potato mixture and jelatin and emulsify it so it's not chunky.
Then take the potato mixture heat in the micro for 30 seconds or so, and add 2 packs of jelatin when done. Mix it well.
I then add the 2 mixtures together and emulsify again.

Here you have to work quickly before the jello sets. I use a ziploc like an icing thing and portion mine out into little molds, but you can also just put it in a ziplock and flatten it out and portion it with your fingers, like into little squares. It keeps in the freezer for 6 months or so.

Some people only use 1 pack of jello, I use 2 because I think it helps when the jello is in the water. It doesn't cloud the tank as bad.

There are a lot of different recipies, this is what I came up with, after some experimenting. My snails are happy and healthy, and even ones I get with bad shells, heal up after a few weeks. I still give them the zuchinni, but its more of a treat than a healthy meal.

 

[Monee]

I tried the snail jello that I made and it was a hit

One of our members was kind enough to post this a while ago.

Snail Jello


Yes! Its a bit of an investment at first, mainly for the calcium and spirulina, but the stuff lasts a long time.

For a batch I use:
2 packs of unflavored jelatin
1 sweet potato, cooked and blended into watery mush. Or you can use a can of baby food. If you make your own that's the consistancy you want.
1/4 can of spinich, well drained
2 blocks of frozen fish food
A few algae wafers (if you have them)
I put in crushed flakes as well as the shrimp pellets for bottom feeders because I have them on hand.
10 calcium pills. No phosphorus. If they are coated I soak them in warm water to get it off. Then crush them really good. A ziplock baggie and something blunt and hard is your friend for this step, lol.
10 spirulina capsules (emptied out)

I mix everything except the potato mixture and jelatin and emulsify it so it's not chunky.
Then take the potato mixture heat in the micro for 30 seconds or so, and add 2 packs of jelatin when done. Mix it well.
I then add the 2 mixtures together and emulsify again.

Here you have to work quickly before the jello sets. I use a ziploc like an icing thing and portion mine out into little molds, but you can also just put it in a ziplock and flatten it out and portion it with your fingers, like into little squares. It keeps in the freezer for 6 months or so.

Some people only use 1 pack of jello, I use 2 because I think it helps when the jello is in the water. It doesn't cloud the tank as bad.

There are a lot of different recipies, this is what I came up with, after some experimenting. My snails are happy and healthy, and even ones I get with bad shells, heal up after a few weeks. I still give them the zuchinni, but its more of a treat than a healthy meal.

ill try this one. Sounds easy.

 

[bumblinBee]

I'm familiar with your basic ingredients commonly used in making snail jello. I've bought plain jello packets, some carrot baby food (good calcium content—8%), I've got some frozen peas I could mush up and add, and cuttlebone.
As far as grinding up cuttlebone, should I try and remove the harder part of the cuttlebone? If that makes any sense hah. I find that when adding cuttle bone to my tank, most of it dissolves easily, but there's an underside to the cuttle bone that's firmer and doesn't really dissolve well. Should I try and remove this when I grind the cuttlebone to a powder?
I was also wondering about tums. I bought 'regular' tums, turns out they're peppermint flavoured. Can I still use them? I can't find any truly plain tums, all of the ones labeled regular are still peppermint flavoured.
I know protein shouldn't be as abundant as the veg portion of snail jello, would grinding dried blood worms up and adding those be a bad choice?
Thank you in advance, I appreciate any help or/and suggestions toward portioning!

 

[CaptAnnDuchow]

I use fish flakes to add the protein. For calcium I use the fruit flavored tums. I remove the "shell" of the cuttlebone with a veg peeler before I put it in the tank lol it gets fuzz on it otherwise for me.

 

[bumblinBee]

I use fish flakes to add the protein. For calcium I use the fruit flavored tums. I remove the "shell" of the cuttlebone with a veg peeler before I put it in the tank lol it gets fuzz on it otherwise for me.

Have you ever used the 'regular' tums that are mint before? Would it be unwise to use it, do you think?