NatureBoy
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After watching a bored bleeding heart tetra eat a passing bit of vegetation the other day, it made me wonder whether my fish were getting their 5 a day.
I also think I overdid the free live food from my water butt this summer - novelty of having tons of daphnia and mosquito larvae.
On a hunch I defrosted a frozen pea, de-shelled it and dropped it in the tank. The fish went ballistic with the pea changing owner between the diamond tetras and the bleeding hearts. Spurred on I tried a bit of frozen spinach and sure enough every fish was tearing at the wilted greens.
Fast forward a couple of days and a bit of research and here is my homemade fish supper designed to entice, enhance colour, and give a balanced satisfying meal:-
As I was making it, I tested the mix by putting a tiny bit it the tank and they went ballistic for it.
I'll take some pics or maybe a video of the feeding frenzy, and hopefully some vibrant and healthy fish soon.
A satisfying process that I'm sure many of you do, but was a first for me and feel like I've had a break through moment with my fish keeping these last few days .
I also think I overdid the free live food from my water butt this summer - novelty of having tons of daphnia and mosquito larvae.
On a hunch I defrosted a frozen pea, de-shelled it and dropped it in the tank. The fish went ballistic with the pea changing owner between the diamond tetras and the bleeding hearts. Spurred on I tried a bit of frozen spinach and sure enough every fish was tearing at the wilted greens.
Fast forward a couple of days and a bit of research and here is my homemade fish supper designed to entice, enhance colour, and give a balanced satisfying meal:-
- about 15 raw frozen tiger prawns (sustainable apparently)
- a smelly handful of raw white fish scraps from fish monger
- an even smellier cup full of dried shrimps from thai grocers (boiled for a while to remove salt and rehydrate)
- 1 anchovy fillet, again soaked in hot water to remove any salt
- two sheets of nori sushi sea weed
- three table spoons of frozen petis pois
- two table spoons frozen sweet corn
- two nuggets of frozen spinach
- about a third of a courgette (blanched)
- a small chunk of iceberg lettuce to taste (blanched)
- 2 cloves of garlic (blanched)
- 2 teaspoons of normal paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
- 1 sachet of Dr Oetker gelatine to bind and set it all
As I was making it, I tested the mix by putting a tiny bit it the tank and they went ballistic for it.
I'll take some pics or maybe a video of the feeding frenzy, and hopefully some vibrant and healthy fish soon.
A satisfying process that I'm sure many of you do, but was a first for me and feel like I've had a break through moment with my fish keeping these last few days .