Homemade Food - 3rd batch
 

Alright, I need more food for myself so I'm looking at making more in the next two weeks. If you want some, let me know how many bags please.

The deal with this food order will be that you have 2 weeks to pick up your food if you pre-order, after that it will be a free for all on anything not picked up or remaining (that didn't have prior arrangements made).

Here is a link to one of the previous batches I made. Each bag contains 1 cup of product, frozen in ziplock freezer bags and laid flat. 1 bag for $10. The frozen product is about 3/8" think when frozen in sheets.

Ingrediants for this mix are;
- Mysis
- Nori (All colors)
- Oyster Eggs
- Garlic (crushed)
- Scallops
- Vitamins (selcon and zoe)
- squid
- Krill
- Spirulina flakes
- enriched rotifers
- spirulina enriched brine shrimp
- cyclop-eeze
- silversides with heads and tails removed
- cuddlefish
- shrimp

I am willing to ship if need be.

Hey will you be attending the Reef Meet at Greg’s place next week? If so I will pick up 2 bags off you at that meet. Let me know.

I will be attending. Originally I wasn't planning on making it before then, but we'll see what happens. I'll post up once I've gotten the materials, and started making everything.

I would love to get 5 bags if possible. I will be out of town and unable to make the reef meet, but I can pick up any time after that weekend, just let me know when and where. Do I need to prepay or is this good enough? Thanks.

Is it possible to ship to Kelowna, B.C.? Or is this not reasonable? Thanks.

I'm in Kelowna as well, and I would be interested if we could get a few of us together to make a group order. A larger order would stay frozen/cool better. Are you interested in shipping at all Catherine?

Yes, I am willing to ship. Greyhound is my preferred method, but I am open to other shipping companies. How many bags are you thinking of?

I'm having a hard time finding enriched rotifers, they may not make it into this batch. Instead I will replace it with something else, I haven't decided what yet. Ocean plankton perhaps? Anyone have any preferences?


Note to self, buy these;
selcon
zoe
oyster eggs
cyclop-eeze
spirulina
brine
mysis
krill
ocean plankton?
angel diet?

Are you using frozen Cyclopeeze or freeze dried?

I only need one bag...even then it will get freezer burned before I get to use it all. :(

I'm interested in 1 bag as well to try out for the first time.

Hey Catherine, I only have the one tank now, so I've become a bit lazy about making the homemade....I'd like a bag if you can bring to the meet ?

Sounds disgusting so I'll take a bag as well if you can bring me one next Saturday when you come over. Thanks.

Count me in for a bag if you are planning on making it in time for the meet.

-donka

Yes it does sound disgusting!

I use dry cyclopeeze in the mix, and I let it soak in the selcon, zoe, garlic, and oyster eggs for about half an hour before mixing it in further.

Yes I am going to the meet, I'll bring what you've all asked for. I'll also make a post in the thread for the meet to see if anyone else wants any.

Myka, if you want I can make you a smaller bag, half the contents at half the price. It'd be the same size bag, but the contents would be frozen thinner.

Hi Catherine
How long does it last in the freezer? I'd love to try a bag but have not stocked my tank with any fish. Will it last a few months??
Carmen

It depends. Provided you keep the air out of it, it should last a month or two.

I do make food pretty regularly, it seems I make it every 6 weeks or so. I go through a lot of food myself, and tend to forget to keep enough.

So far the running total for all bags is 17. 5 of which are to be brought to the meet. 1 bag so far to be shipped out to Kelowna. I am looking to make probably 50 bags of product, and I will sell off all the unspoken for food in a couple of weeks.

Frozen Cyclopeeze kicks major butt on the dry stuff!! Quite a bit more expensive though as is any frozen.

I would be much appreciative on a smaller bag! :D I only have 3 fish that eat prepared foods.

What makes frozen so much better? Is it really going to have any impact because it has to be thawed and then re-frozen to be properly mixed in.

Apparently frozen has more nutrients than FD...although technology is advanced in FD, so who knows. I can't find any hard evidence either way via internet.

I do notice a HUGE difference in PE using the frozen over FD, and the fish go nuts for the frozen too.

Count me in. That makes me, you, and ron

I will take a bag then Catherine. I will be at the reef meet. Thanks! Carmen

Okay I've added you onto to list.

Kelowna People,
How many bags?
How would you liked it shipped?
When would you like it shipped?
To whom would you like it shipped?

I'll be bringing probably 5 or 6 extra bags to the Reef Meet.

I can head organisation of the Kelowna/Okanagan group if you'd like. I will make a separate thread for it to keep it all straight. See if we get enough people to make it worthwhile.

I think Greyhound with an insulated box and ice packs should suffice. You can send it COD so you don't have to worry about calculating shipping. We can try to arrange it during a cooler time before it gets ridiculously hot! It looks like next week will be fairly cool, but the rest of the month doesn't look too bad...

How would you like all of us to pay? I'm assuming it would be easiest if we sent you one payment from all of us.

I like paypal as an option, however I'm willing to entertain other methods if need be.

That would work...it might get a bit confusing, but we should be able to sort it out as long as people attach what their CanReef name is onto the Notes portion of the PayPal payment.

I'll grab a bag at the meet Catherine
thanks,

Please note there will not be any Oyster Eggs in this mix, I haven't been able to get them, they've been out of stock. I'm trying to remember to post this on all 3 of the relevant threads; here, the B.C. order, and the Reef Meet.

ok....I picked up my bag from you yesterday....thought I would just give them some for a change from the regular mysis.............the fish went stupid over this stuff....Im gonna end up with fat fish........

My fish fight over it if I don't put enough in. I do have fat fish...

I guess you better put me down for 2 more bags.....by the time we meet up again....I will need it.......

i will take 1 or 2 at the meet depending how much i spend on corals.

Alright, your both down on the list.

Hey there fish food provider...lol.....does your food actually freeze solid....mine is kinda like.....soft...but not .....

My stuff is solid, but when you break it off it feels kind of soft/mushy.

yeah ok...thats the same then......thanks

No problem!

Is that including me ? :mrgreen:

Yes, you too! I should have said the three of you. My bad! :D

Hey Catherine. Are you going to have any of this food for sale at the reef meet, I mentioned earlier in this thread that I would pick up 2 bags from you. Let me know if you will have that avaliable at the meet.

Yes, I am bringing food to the meet. There is additional info on the reef meet page itself.