Since I am hoping to receive discus soon, I decided to make a small batch of beef heart mix for them. I do not have any set recipes to use, just make up whatever I have at home. Since this mix is aimed at young fish, I used decapsulated brine shrimp, Spirulina, spinach and garlic. Some people even add extra vitamins to fish food, although I did not because I feed a range of other foods which should provide a well balanced diet between them.
Information
- Type: fish food
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 1 hour
- Yield: 500g
Ingredients
- 50 g spinach
- 20 g decapsulated brine shrimp
- 1 clove garlic
- 250 g beef heart (fat, arteries, veins and lining removed)
- 30 g Spirulina
- gelatin (enough to make up 500 ml)
- water
Instructions
- Soak the spinach in boiling water until it becomes soft
- Rehydrate the decapsulated brine shrimp
- Cut up the beef heart and spinach into small pieces
- Mince the garlic (I use a garlic press for this)
- Place spinach, brine shrimp, garlic, beef heart and Spirulina into a blender, mixing until it forms a smooth paste (some people prefer to use a mincer)
- Make up the gelatin with 250 ml of water and add into the blender
- Mix the gelatin into the paste
- Place mixture into containers to chill before freezing (I used 10 10×15 cm grip-lock bags, placing approximately two large tablespoons into each bag)
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- Published: 14th February 2012