Hard foods

[Cae Walker]

I just went to grind up some cichlid pellets to feed some smaller fry and I've noticed that the pellets are really hard to grind.

Are most dry pellets like this?

[Flumpweesel]

I use hikari cichlid gold and just pop them in a pepper grinder.

This makes light work of them. They were just a bit messy to grind without containment.

This grinder is the easiest because it's a one handed mechanism

[Cae Walker]

Thanks 🙏

 

[nabokovfan87]

On 8/13/2022 at 1:48 AM, Cae Walker said:

Are most dry pellets like this?

Try to put only a spoonful at a time to start, then you'd want some sort of abrasive.  You typically would use salt for this one, but this situation is a bit different.  You can add a small amount, a small bit of water to let them soak slightly and then try to crush them.  That becomes your abrasive for the next spoonful. 

Pound it to try to crush them, but just try not filling it so full and maybe it'll get slightly easier.

Pepper grinder makes it easier, even a bag and a rolling pin.  I would totally expect the mortal and pestle to work though. A lot of people use them and have little ones for fish stuff.

[Cae Walker]

I honestly didn't think pellets were so hard. Imagine having to get that down as quick as possible so others don't get them. It's a wonder our fish don't choke more often.

[nabokovfan87]

Yeah. A lot of them sink and then puff up.