Has anyone successfully made cubes of homemade frozen food?

JDCagley · Mar 21, 2023

The Asian market is about an hours drive for me to Indianapolis - but it is worth it. If it swam in the ocean at one time - I swaer they have it frozen in that store! I like to grab odd things I would personally never eat and mix up what they eat! I love seafood - but there are some things there that I have never heard of. One trip I usullay spend around $30-35 and that gets me about 6 trays of food which equates to about 4-5 months of feeding.

collins.jason.k · Mar 21, 2023

I didn't make cubes, I spooned it into gallon Ziploc bags and flattened it out thin before putting it into freezer. Breaks into chunks easy and thaws quickly.

Dave-T · Mar 22, 2023

exnisstech said:
Not sure which trays you bought but I use the ones below. They are about the same size as the cubes sold in stores maybe even a hair bigger. Each cube measures 0.78 inch square (from the amazon page) Not sure why people act like its a chore. I can make enough food in 30 minutes to last several months feeding 3 tanks

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Thanks! Those do look good. Ordered.

Here’s the link if anyone else wants these:

vetteguy53081 · Mar 22, 2023

Dave-T said:
I'm starting to make my own frozen food and would love to make cubes of it. Anybody doing this? More convenient for me, and easier to give feeding instructions to fish sitters. I ordered some of the mini silicone ice cube trays from Amazon, but they are TINY! I'm looking for something closer to the size of cube foods you buy. You'd think they'd be available, but I can't find them.

The closest I could find were these. That is an assortment of three different size cube trays. The largest size is perfect, but I'd like a bunch of them and don't want to order 10 of these and have to discard the two smaller sized trays.

I use these from Target store and 7.98 each
the cubes are small but plenty

vetteguy53081 · Mar 22, 2023

Mhamilton0911 said:
Me too!! Amazon find for me, and I found these to be the perfect size. I can link if needed.View attachment 3074599 View attachment 3074600

Hmmm- bigger cubes-

Rugops · Mar 22, 2023

Frozen White Worms

HankstankXXXL750 · Mar 22, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Hmmm- bigger cubes-

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Do you make it in a blender or do you need a food processor?

vetteguy53081 · Mar 22, 2023

HankstankXXXL750 said:
Do you make it in a blender or do you need a food processor?

I used a food grinder

Dburr1014 · Mar 23, 2023

Dave-T said:
I'm starting to make my own frozen food and would love to make cubes of it. Anybody doing this? More convenient for me, and easier to give feeding instructions to fish sitters. I ordered some of the mini silicone ice cube trays from Amazon, but they are TINY! I'm looking for something closer to the size of cube foods you buy. You'd think they'd be available, but I can't find them.

The closest I could find were these. That is an assortment of three different size cube trays. The largest size is perfect, but I'd like a bunch of them and don't want to order 10 of these and have to discard the two smaller sized trays.

Once frozen throw them in a zip lock bag, ready to use again.
I use this, fit it at one of my club meetings. Don't know where they got it. It's the Exact size as the cubes you buy.

JDCagley · Mar 23, 2023

HankstankXXXL750 said:
Do you make it in a blender or do you need a food processor?

I have tried both - food processor is hands down the way to go. The blender makes mush.

HankstankXXXL750 · Mar 23, 2023

JDCagley said:
I have tried both - food processor is hands down the way to go. The blender makes mush.

Thanks

Lucky_805 · Mar 27, 2023

Mhamilton0911 said:
MingTa 126 Cavity Silicone Square

https://a.co/d/33dGaTH

thank you!!!!

Lucky_805 · Mar 27, 2023

i have made my own fish food since I started i love the process lol i just made a batch 2 days ago (shrimp, squid, salmon, tuna, nori, selcon, phytoplankton, zooplankton, reef roids i put it in old containers when i would get batches of brine shrimp from petco I have been reusing it once the cubes are frozen i put them in a zip lock bag and put more in the container. It does take a lot of time tho

Dave-T · Mar 27, 2023

Dave-T said:
Thanks! Those do look good. Ordered.

Here’s the link if anyone else wants these:

I made 4 pounds of food yesterday, 50/50 mix of salmon and shrimp. The cube trays in the link above are excellent, the cubes pop right out. Unfortunately, I used a blender. As JDCagley said, the blender makes mush. Reasonably decent size particles of shrimp survived the blender, but the salmon was liquified. I do have a food mill, I wish I'd used that.

HankstankXXXL750 · Mar 27, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
I used a food grinder

By food grinder, do you mean a meat grinder like what you would make hamburger by running beef through it, or a food processor?
Do you process frozen or thawed? And does it get the food to like brine shrimp sized pieces. I have a lot of little mouths to feed.
Thanks.

Dave-T · Mar 27, 2023

This is what I was talking about, which I think would be good:

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www.amazon.com

you should rinse all the food first, to remove the phosphate coating, which I think is always put on frozen seafood

HankstankXXXL750 · Mar 27, 2023

Dave-T said:
This is what I was talking about, which I think would be good:

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www.amazon.com

you should rinse all the food first, to remove the phosphate coating, which I think is always put on frozen seafood

That looks like physical labor!

vetteguy53081 · Mar 27, 2023

HankstankXXXL750 said:
By food grinder, do you mean a meat grinder like what you would make hamburger by running beef through it, or a food processor?
Do you process frozen or thawed? And does it get the food to like brine shrimp sized pieces. I have a lot of little mouths to feed.
Thanks.

I used all frsh seafood and the one i want- yes like meat grinder. Im offered a $300 one for $80. I think, ill snap it up

Lucky_805 · Mar 27, 2023

Dave-T said:
I made 4 pounds of food yesterday, 50/50 mix of salmon and shrimp. The cube trays in the link above are excellent, the cubes pop right out. Unfortunately, I used a blender. As JDCagley said, the blender makes mush. Reasonably decent size particles of shrimp survived the blender, but the salmon was liquified. I do have a food mill, I wish I'd used that.

i went to the thrift store and bought a food processor for 6$. I will only be using it for fish food