Share in homemade food?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I'd be in for some....$20-ish you were saying?

[ElGuappo]

yes the only plankton ive seen is the stuff that looks like mysis.

i am fairly ignorant in the ways ot vitamins ond foods. my only concern is that krill and squid may be too large for my fish.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I'm assuming it will be blended, right?

[michika]

Yes the food will be blended/chopped/mangled into smaller pieces. As for the approximate cost of $20 per person, the amount will depend on how many people are in for some, and how much I will be making. I probably wouldn't pay more then $30 myself to make this, so I wouldn't expect anyone to pay more then $25 for 2 ziplock bags. I'm going to try and visit the market tonight and get a feeling for some prices here in Calgary, and I will report back.

So if I were to assume everyone wanted 1-2 bags, would that be an acceptable starting point? So no bloodworms, and a preference for no ocean plankton. Anything else?

[langdon reefer]

sounds good to me

[michika]

I've also seen these listed in people's mixes;
- prawns
- DTs oyster eggs
- Golden pearls (what are these?)
- Amino acids, I saw the zeovit version used.

Does anyone have any foods/vitamins/etc. they want to contribute? Something that they feel may not get used in a timely manner at their place. In exchange I'm sure a discount or something can be arranged.

[Delphinus]

Golden Pearls is just a brand of frozen food, I'm not sure what it is, oyster eggs or urchin eggs or something like that.

I have oodles of bags of mysis (I cleverly thought I'd order 20 packages in the last group order, and then acquired about 10 more in a trade after that). Even though I feed mysis *every day* I use up a package at a rate of one per 6 weeks or so. So yeah, I've got more mysis then I really need. I can donate some to the cause.

[Phanman]

oyster eggs would be a nice addition. I would be in for 2 bags. Also i like the idea of having them the size of thin chocolate mints or skittles sized balls. the frozen mysis cubes you get at the store are too big for me usual and i have to cut them up for feeding time.

[ElGuappo]

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

the idea of pellets is a good one i think. i have a 5.3 OZ bottle of NLS marine formula 1mm pellet i think would bee a good addition. think the FINICKY version might be worth while. the only fish i have that wont touch them is my Bass. but all my inverts like these pellets.

if we want to put any of the pellets in the mix i would be willing to donate a half a jar for the cause.

Also in for 2 bags.

[langdon reefer]

i can go throught my freezer tonight and see what ive got i know i got krill and a few other foods in their