Any of you who keep large tanks, or tanks with large fish can understand how painful the ongoing cost of frozen fish foods can be. I know from my own perspective I am feeding around $50 a month in Frozen foods alone and I don't have any monsters like some others here.
I'm curious what you guys do to help reduce your constant cash hemorrage to keep your pets happy and healthy. I've come up with a few things that have helped so I'll list them here..
1.) Buy bulk. I buy my Tetramin Pro Crisps in 4lb buckets This offers a substancial savings over buying it in containers (It saved me over $200 this way).
2.) Grow your own live foods. Worm farms and Mosquito larvae water containers are an excellent source of free food for meat eating fish.. I've got a few on the go (Redworms, earthworms, mosquito larvae) and plan on adding more (mysis shrimp are planned, as well as a large scale ghost shrimp breeding project)
3.) Make your own foods. A recent jaunt through the local superstore gave me an idea.. they sell shrimp rings (50-60 precooked shrimp) for $3 Canadian. I am now tossing these shrimp in whole into the loach tanks where they are eaten in about 20 minutes. I am working on a recipe that will involve diced shrimp, chicken, dried algae, and extra vitamins.
So what do you guys do? I'm curious to see what the options are.
I'm curious what you guys do to help reduce your constant cash hemorrage to keep your pets happy and healthy. I've come up with a few things that have helped so I'll list them here..
1.) Buy bulk. I buy my Tetramin Pro Crisps in 4lb buckets This offers a substancial savings over buying it in containers (It saved me over $200 this way).
2.) Grow your own live foods. Worm farms and Mosquito larvae water containers are an excellent source of free food for meat eating fish.. I've got a few on the go (Redworms, earthworms, mosquito larvae) and plan on adding more (mysis shrimp are planned, as well as a large scale ghost shrimp breeding project)
3.) Make your own foods. A recent jaunt through the local superstore gave me an idea.. they sell shrimp rings (50-60 precooked shrimp) for $3 Canadian. I am now tossing these shrimp in whole into the loach tanks where they are eaten in about 20 minutes. I am working on a recipe that will involve diced shrimp, chicken, dried algae, and extra vitamins.
So what do you guys do? I'm curious to see what the options are.