DIY Food

I'm running low on DIY food, anyone interested in doing another one soon?  I wouldn't be able to do it until 9th or 10th, but I that would be right about when I run out of food.  I would be willing to do it at my house if I can convince the wife.
I would be interested in making batches of whole-tank reef food, as well as food for FOWLR tanks, and aggressive/large fish tanks.
I would be able to get most of the seafood very cheap as Taki and China Garden have both said they would get me that at cost or in exchange for food for their tanks.
So, who's in?

 

I can do it on a later weekend now, got some more of the DIY food that someone wasn't using (no tank) but still want to do it.

For those interested but can't make it, I can make portions for all and you can pick it up as long as it's reasonable time frame (the wife OKd it but freezer space is limited).

I think the weekend of the 9th/10th is pushing it anyways to get supplies together. For now I say we just find out who is interested and in what.

If you want some list # of bags of each:

Reef Food : Total Tank
FOWLR food : No corals
Large/Aggressive : No corals, large chunks

 

IIRC it was around $10/bag. I imagine I would be able to get it done for the same price what with getting the seafood cheap, and maybe Seascapes would sponsor it and we could get a discount on some of the ingredients.

 

I came down with a nasty sinus infection and possibly strep throat, which spawned an ear infection so now I'm on 2 antibiotics and Prednisone (steroid). I also got a bag of older DIY food from xmasia to tide me over. So no need to rush into this, but I definitely want to get it done. Been pricing various ingredients so I can come up with a total and per-bag amount, basing everything off of the last DIY food that was done down at Central Campus, but not all the ingredients used there are available anymore, so I'll post the ingredient list before finalizing any purchases so people can chime in with any suggestions.

I'm shooting for $10 per bag, which was a ziplock about 6" x 6" and frozen worked out to about 3/8" thick. I figured that worked out to about 50%+ more than a bag of Rod's Food.

So for now, here's what I have people down for. Chime in with corrections/additions:

armydog: interested (type, quantity?)
sblomgren: Reef, 2 bags
ninjazx777: FOLWR, ? bags (lets say 2)
stew: Reef, 2 bags
Bela: Reef, quite a few bags (lets say 4)
Me: Reef, 6 bags; FOWLR; 6 bags

So the total is:

Reef: 14 bags
FOWLR: 8 bags
Large/Aggressive: 0 bags

So that's a little over half of what was made at CC last time, which makes it easy to do, just cut the recipie in half. But I have a feeling more will chime in.

To allow time for people to consider it and get all the neccessary ingredients, let's shoot for Saturday July 30th or Sunday 31st. But I have to check the home calendar yet...so that's just a suggestion.

 

armydog:     interested (type, quantity?)
sblomgren:  Reef, 2 bags
ninjazx777: Large/Aggressive, 5 bags
stew:           Reef, 2 bags
Bela:            Reef, quite a few bags (lets say 4)
Me:              Reef, 6 bags; FOWLR; 6 bags
So the total is:
Reef:                     14 bags
FOWLR:                 6 bags
Large/Aggressive: 5 bags

 

Ok here is a preliminary ingredient list. This is for the reef food, based on the last DIY food:

Cod filets
Squid
Shrimp
Scallops (bay and/or sea)
PE Mysis
Spirulina Brine Shrimp
Bloodworms
Cyclopeze
New Life Spectrum 1 or 2mm pellets
Selcon
Kent Marine C
Kent Garlic Extreme
BRS Reef Chili
Two Little Fishes PhytoPlan
Two Little Fishes ZoPlan
Eden Sushi Nori

The Marc Weiss SPS Coral Grow isn't made anymore apparently, so I would need something else to replace that.
Also there were 3 bottles of Sera Granuar, which is also not made, so I might just throw in more NLS pellets

For the FOWLR, the TLF products, Reef Chili, and maybe the cyclopeze would be removed.

The large/aggressive would be like the FOWLR, except everything would be chunkier.

So we would make the aggressive first, then blend down for the FOWLR, then add the TLF/chili/cyclopeze for the reef.

So, any suggestions for replacing the SPS coral grow?

Any other suggested ingredients, or anything to remove from the formula?

 

Reef: 21 bags
FOWLR: 6 bags
Large/Aggressive: 5 bags

Total: 33 bags

I'm shooting for Saturday July 30th, nothing on the calendar. I also suggested merging the BBQ to the same day, but then again...haven't checked with the wife...

 

This thread has been continued over at this thread

http://www.greateriowareefsociety.org/Community/InterestGroups/GroupDetails/tabid/160/asg/5/aft/23907/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx

Which is for combining the BBQ and the DIY Food.