June 2007 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society

fins & tales June 2007
MIECIA’S BEEFHEART RECIPE
As demonstrated at the May KWAS meeting
Ingredients
Fresh Beef heart
Flake food - any variety
Greens - Romaine lettuce, spinach, beans, peas - fresh or frozen - chop into small pieces
Raw fish - any kind other than the real oily varieties, fresh or frozen
Unflavoured Gelatin - 2 pkg. per beef heart
Optional Ingredients
Bottle of Baby Vitamins - Tri ViSol brand is good
Feather meal - one cup - available from a feedmill store
Wheat germ - one cup
Bran Flakes - one cup crushed
Tools
Very sharp knife to trim the beef heart
Blender or Food Processor
Large bow l
Plastic bags
How to prepare
Cut beef heart into 1 inch cubes trimming off all of the fat and veins - the fish
cannot digest fat/veins
Grind/chop beefheart and fish in a blender* or food processor
Size of resulting particles depends on the size of fish being fed
Mix everything but the gelatin and vitamins in a big bow l - looks awful and smells ……..phew !
Add vitamins and mix
Dissolve gelatin as per pkg instructions and add to beef mixture
Mix thoroughly and spoon into suitable size plastic bags
Seal and pat flat and freeze
*If you use a blender add a little w ater to aid in grinding up the mixture. You can remove the excess
water from the beef mixture before adding the veggies, fishmeal, etc.
To feed
Break off pieces and feed directly to fish or grate and feed. It's up to you.
Feed sparingly at first until the fish are accustomed to the new flavour.
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