Tetra delica

[Dorkhedeos]

is the bloodworms and stuff inside tetra delica gel treats frozen or freeze dried? i was planning to make my own

edit: does frozen bs contain salt?

 

[OohFeeshy]

I think they are like defrosted frozen in jelly.... Good idea, but how will you make the jelly?

 

[Def]

Get, uh.. what's that stuff called. Glycerine, I think. Used in cooking. But to be honest, you're better off buying commercial stuff.

 

[WILDER]

I think I would stick to buying them as well, don't think I'm up to making meals for them with worms.

 

[pahansen]

If you are interested in making up your own nutritous foods for your fish, there are some great articles in the feeding section of the Aquarticles website. http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/manage...ex.html#Feeding Several of the articles involve using gelatin to bind the food together. That's probably what you're looking for.

Personally, I'm not much for slopping with worms, but I can see the appeal for some people. Plus, it can be more cost effective, especially if you're able to collect the worms/daphnia/whatever yourself. Good luck!

-- Pamela

 

[Dorkhedeos]

thanks for the link. when it says add vitamins, do they mean the vitamins that humans take like the flintstones ones?

Edit: oh yeah, if i put frozen bloodworms in agar, do i have to freeze it still? or can it be refridgerated?

 

[pahansen]

Honestly, I don't know enough about making fish food from scratch to know exactly what kinds of vitamins they would add. My guess from reading the article is that he's added some kind of over the counter adult multivitamin sort of thing. (As opposed to Flintstones, which has all kinds of dyes and flavorings added.)

Quite frankly, and this is completely my opinion, I would be concerned with adding a general vitamin supplement without knowing what kind of vitamins/nutrients the fish actually need. Even though I feed my fish peas, zucchini, and romaine lettuce (I have a pleco), I sometimes roll my eyes thinking about how often fish encounter zucchini in the wild! Of course, what we are trying to do is to give the fish access to the same/similar sources of nutrients as what they would find on their own, but still it makes me laugh.

If it were me (again, this is pure opinion), I would skip the vitamin step completely and feed some sort of high quality flake or pellet food in addition to the homemade food. I'm not saying to feed the commercial food continuously, just to use it to supplement the fresh food you're making. Chances are, your fish are getting much of the nutrition they need from the fresh food. Also, chances are that Hikari has a much better idea of what vitamins fish need (and in what doses) than you and I (or the Flintstones people!) do. Just my two cents.

As for the frozen bloodworms, my guess (again, just a guess) is that you would have to re-freeze unless you were using it inside a few days/week. Eventually the bloodworms would spoil. It's probably safe to refrigerate for up to a week (although if it started to look/smell funny -- funnier? -- I would toss out that batch), but frozen foods will spoil eventually if not kept frozen. Again, just my opinion. I believe the gelatin/agar could be frozen with no ill effects; I don't think the freezing process would cause it to break down, and its primary purpose is as a binding agent, I believe.

Take this advice as you will. My opinions here are based more on cooking and dabbling with natural cosmetics than anything remotely related to fishkeeping!

Good luck,
Pamela

 

[OohFeeshy]

Its a good idea, you could do different things in jelly rather than just bloodworms, brine shrimp and daphnia. You could do..... wax worms? They'd be good for bigger fish. And you can culture them as easy as hell. You could try.... mealworms? Micro crickets? Anything!!!!