I wanted to share pics of me making the gel food for my Goldie's... ENJOY and grab a plate!

This is what I use... Baby food-I get the greens..peas and carrots..mixed vegetables..fresh spinach..other greens..tuna..fresh krill..bloodworms.. You can use just about any vegetable really or even some fruit like bananas kiwi..etc.. Get the knox brand gelatin and I use 2 packs per 1/2 cup hot water..


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Baby food Yummy!..lol

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I take my fresh greens and heat them to soften..

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adding baby food

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Then I add everything together including the gel mix and stir

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I shake it up in the mixer well

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Blend it well on high for about 5 mins.. excuse the mess...lol

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I pour it into ice trays

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And then its ready for the fridge to firm up..

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My fridge usually takes about 30mins then its ready to be taken out and froze..I take 1 cube per week any uneaten gel cubes go into the trash come Saturday.. And this is how I do it.. Now I'm hungry Oh, and yes it will smell bad but once its frozen its not that bad..I think this is by far the best foods for GF...My gang absolutely love it!

Wow, I wish you would have done this before my first two attempts at gel food! It was like a green stinky bomb hit my kitchen. I still haven't perfected it, but this helped a lot!

Hey Jewels I want to make my first batch of gel food, Is it ok to make it with frozen blood worms also? I just have it in the frezer and when I feed it to my goldies it clouds up there tank.

Sally,
You can def put blood worms in there, that's what I do because they mess up my tank also. You can put anything in gel food that you think your goldies will eat. I use pellets, veggies, blood worms and spirulina flakes

Ok thanks Chrissy_Bee.

yup, blood-worms, krill just about anything..I Just add at little water to the blender so anything still frozen chops up nicely

edit.. in the first few pics I was adding tuna..Half can... They love tuna

That's awesome! Thanks for the pics! So when you take a frozen cube out of the ice tray, do you then cut if up in smaller cubes to feed? Do you feed one small block per 2 fish? I always wondered how much to feed in that case. With pellets, you can count it out...you know what I mean?

hahaahaha awesome, i should try that sometime!

What I do is after the Gel sets in the fridge and becomes firm I scoop each cube up and place on Wax-paper..I then just roll it up and freeze them..I use 1 cube per week.. any leftover gets tossed be the weekend..Then I just grab another cube and keep in fridge

Edit.. I forgot to add each 1 cube feeds all 6 orandas in 1week.. I just crumble bits off.. they also get their regular spinach feedings during each day... this way they get allitle of each treats.

Awesome diary, Jules!!! Thanks for the recipe!!!!

many many many many thanx Jewel.gosh u ppl know so much about these thing...lucky to b hare in the forum...


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