my discus recipe i made

[markandhisdiscus]

hi just thought id share this recipe as my fish went mad for it.

1 cup squid
1 cup prawns
1/2 cup hikari gold pellets
4 cloves of garlic
big double handfull of blanched spinach
1/2 cup cooked shelled peas
4 multivitamins ( crushed up)
4 spirulina tablets ( again crushed)
1 very ripe banana

[Disgirl]

Sounds quite yummy! I think I may add squid to my next batch like you did!
Barb:)

[markandhisdiscus]

the banana makes a really good binding agent , it stays together really well and doesnt make much mess at all

[fishorama]

I added some calcium, citrate I think. I may try squid next batch. Mine are getting quite a taste for spinach, less so for carrot, at least in bite size pieces. Good job!

[Frankr409]

I added some calcium, citrate I think. I may try squid next batch. Mine are getting quite a taste for spinach, less so for carrot, at least in bite size pieces. Good job!

Can I just have the squid for me, and you can have the rest?

Sounds like a great recipe. I especially like the fact that garlic made it into this recipe.

Jack Wattley had mused about banana and pear as a recipe item in some of the books I have read about Discus nutrition.

Personally, I would buy those items (banana/pear/peas) from the baby food isle as the add in and therefore not worry too much about those items being overly ripe. I would use Gelatin as a binder.

[ifixoldhouses]

Can I just have the squid for me, and you can have the rest?

Sounds like a great recipe. I especially like the fact that garlic made it into this recipe.

Jack Wattley had mused about banana and pear as a recipe item in some of the books I have read about Discus nutrition.

Personally, I would buy those items (banana/pear/peas) from the baby food isle as the add in and therefore not worry too much about those items being overly ripe. I would use Gelatin as a binder.

I'd be afraid of salt being in the baby food? and the mix not freezing.

[Eddie]

Looks really good Mark! I used to use a ripe banana in my mix and the mix was always really clean. I've since gone to adding more shrimp to help bind.

Let us know how the fish like it. I always finger the freshly made mix from the processor or grinder for the fish to try. Kind of like licking the bowl when you make a cake. The fish GO BANANAS for it. :D


Take care,

Eddie

[markandhisdiscus]

thanks eddie . the fish love it , using this recipe the fish started feeding very quickly .

[Aquaben19]

Seems like the squid would also help in binding. Does it stay together well in the water?

[markandhisdiscus]

yes it stays together much better than i had expected to be honest. after a while if it gets in the main flow of the filter little bits come off of it but i have found that this helps enduce feeding and then thhey go at the big chunk and its gone within seconds!

[dark_spell]

what did you use to mix this up? food processor?

I would eat the ingredients myself..except for the pellets :p

[markandhisdiscus]

yeah i just blitzed it all up in a food processor. the tablets and hikari pellets i crushed up between 2 spoons 2st tho so they mixed in more evenly . the only really tedious bit was shelling all them peas :D

[fishorama]

I thought the pea shelling was easier & less stinky than the shrimp peeling :D

[markandhisdiscus]

nah i got ready peeled prawns :D