Homemade Fish Food For Your Fish

If you have fish as a pet in your home, you might want to know its basic care. Food is the number one thing that must be healthier and tastier for your fish. There are many different foods you can try at home other than pre-made market fish flakes.

In this blog, we will learn the basic fish food recipes that can be made at home.

Gel Fish Food

Gel Fish Food is a homemade high protein gel food. It has more than 50% protein in its dry weight. The Mazuri Gel food is available in the market but you can also make it home by following the recipe below.

1. One cup of raw or canned meat. Take any fish, chicken meat, shrimp, or canned tuna for this purpose. 

2. Take one to two ounces of dry powdered algae. For this purpose, take Chlorella or Spirulina.

3. Take one and a half teaspoons of plain gelatin. Take pectin or agar for this purpose.

4. Now heat the meat and the algae and boil it until they are dissolved.

5. Take gelatin power and heat it up with gelatin.

You will get a putty solution, which will be frozen, after which you can make small slabs and feed your fish.

Vegetarian Fish Food

If you have a herbivore fish as a pet in your home aquarium, try making vegetarian fish food at home to feed your fish.

Bring the following ingredients home before making a perfect vegetarian fish food.

268 grams of Unflavoured gelatine 

136 grams of Frozen peas

136 grams of Spinach

136 grams of Oats 

136 grams of Cucumber

1. Soak or freeze the vegetables until their color becomes pale.

2. Now, mix all the ingredients to form a puree.

3. Now, add some oats and mix it.

4. Take the gelatine and dissolve it in hot water.

5. Add the gelatin solution to the vegetable mixture and let it cool down.

6. Make ice slabs of this vegetarian fish food.

Standard Fish Food

The most common homemade fish food can easily be made with all accessible items.

68 grams of Garlic

408 grams of Vegetables (spinach, broccoli florets)

268 grams of Unsweetened gelatine mix

1 cup of Water

68 grams of Seafood

One drop of Fish vitamins

1. First of all, boil all vegetables.

2. Now, add garlic to these boiled vegetables and grind them.

3. Take the mixture and mix it with dissolved gelatin.

4. Make small ice slabs of it, which can be fed periodically to your fish.

What kind of fish food should I make?

Before you start making fish food at home, first know the nutritional requirements and type of food taste for your fish.

Herbivores

Herbivores are animals who only like vegetables and plant-based food. There are many cleaning fish which fall under this category such as Plecos.

Carnivores

Carnivores are animals who only like meat. Many deep water fish and vertebrates are carnivores and only need meat based food such as live fish, small insects, brine shrimps to fulfill their nutritions.

The popular carnivores are walleye, Tuna, Dolphin fish, and Salmon.

Omnivores

Omnivores are a type of animal that can eat both plant and meat-based food. 

The popular omnivorous fish are Goldfish, Tiles, Guppies, and Tetras.

Conclusion

In conclusion, We can feed a high protein and nutritious diet to our home aquarium fish. Homemade fish food is a great alternative to canned/market food. It can be stored in a freezer and can be feeded to fish in the form of batches.