californiashrimp Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I have been making my own shrimp and fish food for a few years now. I always make it by hand with locally sourced organic ingredients. Living in the Bay Area I have a lot of local farms and farmer's markets at my disposal. I also grow some of these plants in my large aquaponics setup. I used to hand dry and cut up into chunks. It was effective but was hard to create equal pieces and it looked kind of ugly. I have always been looking for pill presses or fish food extruders to make uniform pcs, but they are crazy expensive and I just couldn't go there. Just in the past few days, after receiving a tip from a forum goer on these forums, I was able to find a local guy with a food extruder who is willing to produce some of my food for me. It now is a nice uniform shape I am happy with and am confident to put on the market. Again, I use locally grown organic vegetables. I avoid fillers like wheat germ and fish meal that are cheap and don't provide much nutrients. I focus on vegetables and whole fish in this food. My shrimp go crazy for it and I think yours will too. I am offering free samples of all these foods to anyone who will cover the $3 shipping. In addition, to purchase 40 grams of a food is $4 plus $3 shipping. I believe this is a great price for the work and love that goes into this food. I hope you're willing to give it a try! Complete Mix Complete mix of vegetables for everyday feeding. Contains organic vegetables to enhance color and improve health. Utilizes collard greens, the highest calcium-containing vegetable, for shell growth and molting success. Kale, the now famous “super food,” provides a ton of nutrition. Other vegetables such as spinach and broccoli provide iron and well-rounded nutrients. Ingredients: Spinach, collard greens, kale, broccoli, turnip greens, carrot greens, alfalfa, dandelion, vitamin C, lecithin Protein: 28% Fat: 8% Fiber: 3% Fall Blend Contains ingredients I only gather in the fall months: pumpkin, carrot, squash. It’s a rare treat for shrimp that they all fight over. Pumpkin is high in vitamin E, and iron. Carrot and squash provide vitamin A and the bell pepper increases color development. Plus shrimp just love it! Ingredients: pumpkin, carrot, squash, bell pepper, vitamin C, lecithin Protein: 31% Fat: 9% Fiber: 2% Protein Plus A high protein food designed as an occasional use. Shrimp get most of the protein they need from vegetable source but I have found a lot of breeding success giving them high doses of protein occasionally. Uses high protein plants and whole fish. Ingredients: Tilapia, whole shrimp, soy beans, green peas, kelp, vitamin C, lecithin Protein: 54% Fat: 11% Fiber: 1% Shrimplet Powder: Similar to Complete Mix, this powdered food is perfect for baby shrimplets. Add sparingly to the water, a little goes a long way! Ingredients: Spinach, kale, broccoli, radish leaves, kelp, dandelion, spirulina, soy beans Soothing Shrimp, Fishprinceofca, Alohameans143 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I'll try some! Will send you a pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTG402 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Sounds like an exciting adventure. You for sure has a sampler in my shrimp. PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Are you planning on making any without astaxanthin and carotenes? californiashrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiashrimp Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Are you planning on making any without astaxanthin and carotenes? Great question Soothing! Yes, I am. I know some people stay away from those compounds due to their possible effects on coloration. I have a mix at the extruder right now free of those compounds as far as I can tell. I'll post it up this week. jem_xxiii and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Yay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiashrimp Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hi Everyone, Wow! So many people want to try! I am astonished at the support I have received from this community. Thank all of you so much. Unfortunately, I am so flooded with orders that I'm having a hard time bagging everything up. Everyone's orders are going to ship next Monday. I apologize for the delay, but with 25+ orders it's a slow process to make sure everyone gets their orders correctly. Thank you all for understanding! Soothing Shrimp, jem_xxiii and svetilda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimbobo888 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrand Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Has anyone had a chance to try out this food yet? Im looking forward to getting mine in the mail! RodoRios and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodoRios Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Not yet! I never received a shipping confirmation, but hopefully it gets here soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 At least someone should have received an order by now. RodoRios, Soothing Shrimp and sarah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Received a paypal refund with this note: "My wife has been hospitalized the last couple weeks since I offered this food. Right now I just can't get my shipments together. Sorry for wasting your time." No worries Ryan. Hope your wife gets better and everything works out alright. Wygglz, sarah, Soothing Shrimp and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 I actually got mine in last week. Still testing it out. I will report back. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Reporting back. Shrimps tended to like it, but didn't flock to it like they do to CSF or some of the other brands. Passed some of the samples on to another TSS member to see if his shrimps liked it. PlantDude and svetilda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thank you for the report! jem_xxiii 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Has anyone else received theirs? I never have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I never ordered it but it was nice to hear about quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 also I should add that it retained it shape pretty well. Didn't use the baby food as I am huge fan of CSF baby food so I did not want to put any more powders in my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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