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Best custom diet for L128

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 10:12
by DBam
It's time for me to make a new batch of homemade agar-based food for my plecos. I wasn't completely satisfied with the last couple of concoctions I made. Both batches had ingredients in imbalanced proportions. I'd like to make my next batch specifically for my L128 tank. I was thinking of zucchini, raw prawn, garlic, and spirulina blended together and heated with a small amount of agar (40 grams). How could I adjust, including adding or removing ingredients, and proportion my recipe to provide the best diet for blue phantoms? Am I better off with fewer ingredients or more? I initially had peas, apple, and yams on the list too but began to question if I really benefited from a longer ingredient list. How would you design a food for the blue phantom?

Re: Best custom diet for L128

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 14:12
by smitty
I fed mine zucchini, cuccumber, algae wafers. He would even go for the frozen blood worms.

Re: Best custom diet for L128

Posted: 03 Jan 2016, 09:20
by DBam
I do feed prepared foods but I like having an agar-based frozen food option. I usually make it with vegetables and add a little spirulina and some fresh salmon or trout, but I haven't made a recipe strictly for L128, nor have I used prawn. Here's what I'm thinking:

3 : 1 (zucchini to prawn) with a handful of peas and spirulina. I was thinking of adding the prawn after the rest of the ingredients are cooling to avoiding cooking the prawn. Should I be concerned about this?