FEBRUARY DIY FOOD

We're still nearly 4 weeks out from this event but at almost 50 bags. If that's all we end up doing I'm OK with that, because between the CR group and us, hitting 100 bags is a nice number as far as the ingredients go. I'm pretty sure we'll go way over that eventually but you never know.

 

The aggressive food would have bascially just large chunks of seafood and a few additives, and none of the coral type foods. This really need to be a separate batch if done and would be priced differently. it's also a ton simpler because nothing like cubes from brine shrimp direct or coral foods, etc, and no food processing really (or minimal).

One time we did a fish-only as well as an aggressive batch but it was a pain the way I did it. If we did it again it would definitely be totally separate, except for some portioned out ingredients like garlic, vitamins, aminos, etc.

So I'll throw this out there. IF we did bags for large & aggressive tanks, how many would you want and would you then want less of the reef type?

As for the fish-only or FOWLR type food, I believe the easiest way to do this would be to just give people bags of the aggressive food and they can take it home and blend it further to preferred consistency. Last time we made 3 types, we mixed all non-coral related things then portioned out amounts for who wanted FO food, then added the coral ingredients and blended further. Sounds good on paper but it was a logistical nightmare.

 

Not sure about the stand mixer/grinder, the squid and octopus are the reason for the need for sharp knives. Filet knives work the best on that stuff. Everything else chops up easily in a food processor.

 

I think we're going to need to finalize this pretty soon. This thread has been up for over 2 weeks. We're going to group this order together with the CR DIY Food to save a little, their is a few weeks after but their list sounds pretty much done also.