Getting new fish for my birthday!!!

Grrr, I'm too fussy, still looking for a ship. But as far as gel food goes, here's my new recipe.

1 cup API pellets, presoaked in one cup of water
1/2 cup daphnia
2 tbsp spirulina flakes
1 cup Romaine lettuce
1 cup kale
1 cup spinach
1 sheet of Seaweed
4 containers of peas&carrots baby food
2 containers of butternut squash baby food
3 tbsp canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 tsp basil
? packets unflavored gelatin

I'm thinking it will make around 5 cups of blended stuff. How much gelatin will I need?
 
2 packets of gelatin per cup of blended stuff, dissolve the gelatin in 1/2 c boiling water, then stir that into the rest, pour into a container, and chill for 4+ hours.
 
Thanks Jamie! :)

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TRAGEDY!!!!!!

I placed my order last Friday for the Ranchu and Pearlscale (decided to hold off on the Shukin). Today I got an email....apparently my pearlscale was eaten by a heron. Poor little guy. :(
 
YAY! New stuff got here today. My new AC110 is up and running, and that and the AC70 have purigen instead of carbon now. Already seeing a difference, holy crap! Tried that water changer, just to replace some water lost to evaporation....was kind of a bear to fandangle onto my sink, but still much better than buckets. YAY! Took out the grey log today, for safety reasons. There's a nice big open spot for them to get into the back half now, if they want to. Picked out a new pingpong pearlscale from Raingarden to replace my eaten one (sadface!). He's just plain orange all over, but is equally fat and clumsy, lol. Besides, what's a goldfish tank without an orange one?

Did a 30% water change on Sunday, did a 10% change yesterday (had a mini poop storm somehow, IDK). Added some prime today when I added water. Will be adding safestart tomorrow, doing a 30% water change on Thursday, and then fish get here on Friday! EEEEEK! :hearts:

I'll test the water later to make sure my parameters are all in line.
 
StarSapphire22 said:
YAY! New stuff got here today. My new AC110 is up and running, and that and the AC70 have purigen instead of carbon now. Already seeing a difference, holy crap! Tried that water changer, just to replace some water lost to evaporation....was kind of a bear to fandangle onto my sink, but still much better than buckets. YAY! Took out the grey log today, for safety reasons. There's a nice big open spot for them to get into the back half now, if they want to. Picked out a new pingpong pearlscale from Raingarden to replace my eaten one (sadface!). He's just plain orange all over, but is equally fat and clumsy, lol. Besides, what's a goldfish tank without an orange one?

Did a 30% water change on Sunday, did a 10% change yesterday (had a mini poop storm somehow, IDK). Added some prime today when I added water. Will be adding safestart tomorrow, doing a 30% water change on Thursday, and then fish get here on Friday! EEEEEK! :hearts:

I'll test the water later to make sure my parameters are all in line.
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YAY!!!! Congrats! Sounds like a great plan. The only thing I would do differently would be to wait to add the safe start until after the water change- bottle directions call for no water changes for 6 days after adding it. Totally your call, but, I just wanted to mention it.

Can't wait to see the new fish!!!! Glad to hear the filter is there, and everything is going well. Yay!!
 
JamieMonster said:
Oh no... I'm so sorry to hear this, Jess. Poor lil guy. :(
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I know, I'm so sad!!!! He was the one I was most excited for, too. But my new one looks pretty much the same, just all orange, and just very slightly less fat.

JamieMonster said:
YAY!!!! Congrats! Sounds like a great plan. The only thing I would do differently would be to wait to add the safe start until after the water change- bottle directions call for no water changes for 6 days after adding it. Totally your call, but, I just wanted to mention it.

Can't wait to see the new fish!!!! Glad to hear the filter is there, and everything is going well. Yay!!
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Hmmmmm....someone told me prime and safestart were incompatiblethough, so I thought I'd leave 24 hours in betweem.....though people talked about it and a conclusive answer was never reached, I think. I just don't know what to do about it anymore. Should I do the water change Thursday and add the safestart Friday?
 
You could do the safe start on Friday, sure- it says to put it in the tank, and immediately add the fish... so, I don't see why that would be a problem!

So so excited for you and your new fish!
 
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