Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear they like it!

That will definitely come in handy! My grinder is junk, but gets the job done with a little effort haha

Hot water. You can just use hot water from the faucet. I would not make it boiling hot as it may start to cook the beef heart some when you mix it.

I haven't had problems with discolored water from the paprika. I think the gelatin helps to keep it from polluting the water any more than a store bought beef heart mix. I've always ground it as fine as I can get it and they still eat it by the chunk when it's dropped in the tank. Bigger chunks would probably be fine, too, as long as they're able to tear it up while eating it.

I use the HyVee brand of Multivitamin and Calcium with Vit D3. I buy the beef heart from Rick's Meats in Elkhorn.

Excellent! We live out west right close to Elkhorn. As soon as I get a couple days off, I am really considering trying this recipe. In the past I've always bought the frozen foods in cubes. Maybe a dumb question, but how do you break off pieces from the one gallon bags? Break off chunks size of a typical cube?

The recipe is easy, but it takes a few times before you will get quick with it. Trimming the beef heart takes the most time and is pretty tedious. Not a dumb question at all! It's too thick to break into cubes. Once it freezes in the bag, I take it out of the freezer and let it sit for about 5 minutes or so. I can then use a steak knife to cut it in strips and then cut the strips in cubes I place the cubes in zip lock sandwich bags and place back in the freezer.

Oh ok...this makes sense. I keep 9 tanks so in many of my tanks I could use this same food as for my discus tank, so I really want to try it. Thanks for the video, so helpful and glad to know there is another experienced discus keeper in Omaha! God bless!

No problem, glad the videos helped! I have a cichlid tank and an Asian biotope aquarium with gouramis and clown loaches. 9 is impressive! My wife thinks 3 is too many! Haha

A local grocery store generic brand multivitamin and calcium +vit D tablets.

They are cooked. Some people prefer raw, but I've never had issues with cooked. It makes up a relatively small percentage of the total mix so you could go either way.

@@discus1018 Thanks!

They are just generic multivitamin tablets and generic calcium + vitamins D tablets. You can buy them at any decent sized grocery store or any Walgreens/CVS. There's a summary of ingredients in the description of the video, but just keep in mind that the recipe is more of a general guideline. This is not an exact science, you are only trying to make a healthy food for expensive fish! So if you end up using more beef heart and leave out salmon or use one fewer vitamin, that's ok. It's the general idea that counts. Take your time when making the food because it's a lengthy process. After this video was made I ended up buying an electric grinder and that does help speed things up.

Omega One Cichlid Flakes. You can pretty clearly see the bottle around 12:50-13:05, but I should have included the name. Most fish flakes would be fine as you are primarily using them to help soak up liquid and make a paste.

I do like Omega Cichlid flakes because they are high in protein. Plus, I already have them around for a cichlid tank.

It acts as a color enhancer.

@@discus1018 Won't the spice itself cause long term problems?

@@EuroGupper I’ve never had any issues. It’s pretty commonly used among breeders and you’ll find it listed as an ingredient in some of the beef heart recipes out there. I would think it could possibly make the water a little cloudier or the discus might not eat it if there’s too much added, but I wouldn’t think it would harm the fish.