Comments on: Flintstone Vitamins for Fish, Loading Dry Pellets for Maximum Nutrition

By: Nicholas Sadaka

Nicholas Sadaka — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:52:05 +0000

I’m using the Spectrum small marine pellets, but you may very well be right, maybe I’m using too much of my liquid. Good to know that some of the additives are getting to the fish. I’ve always felt like I’ve done pretty well feeding, but maybe too well because algae has always been an issue for me. I got a much bigger skimmer though, so hopefully that’ll help me now. Here’s another food topic for you-freeze dried foods and whether they are beneficial to marine fish and if so, how do you get fish to eat them if you can’t get the darned things to sink!!! Thanks for the great topic.

By: eric michael

eric michael — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:26:36 +0000

@AquaDaily, if only Seahorses would take to pellets!

By: eric michael

eric michael — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:25:29 +0000

@Nick,

What type of pellets are you using? If you soak them just so they get “plump” they will sink, but should not get blown into nothing. Try using less liquid on the pellets.

Your routine with the frozen mysis does sound good, but some of the additives will still enter the water column. Do not fret, your fish are still getting some

It is not a bad thing if some gets to the water column, and if done frequently as part of a varied diet your fish should be just fine with the little amount that is absorbed.

By: eric michael

eric michael — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:21:31 +0000

@Vince,

Yes Fuel can be used, but I would not use it more than a couple times a week. There are recipe’s for DIY Selcon like additives, you may want to search around and see if you can find something that’s doable in Korea?

By: SPSHolic

SPSHolic — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:51:39 +0000

Very nice topic.

I have a question

I can not get selcon easily, but have fuel.

Only fuel also help the fish’s health?

By: Salty

Salty — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:57:10 +0000

For frozen foods, would defrosting it dry with the additives may work well to then add water.

By: Nicholas Sadaka

Nicholas Sadaka — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:06:42 +0000

Great topic. Unfortunately for me, kindof disappointing as I’m one of those people who soak their frozen foods, not pellets. I don’t know if it makes any difference, but I rinse my frozen for in a brine shrimp net and then squeeze off the remaining moisture into the sink. That leaves me with moist, but dry(er) frozen food. I then add either Selcon, Vitamin C or garlic and it seems to absorb really well. Does that make a difference, or do I probably lose my additives as well? The only reason I haven’t done it with pellets is because once they get moist with additive, they sink quickly instead of floating. I feed with my pumps on (otherwise my blue tangs bully their way into eating everything) and when the moistened pellets get anywhere near the powerheads, it blows them to smitherenes. I’d like to take this approach, but am not sure how to do so in an effective way. I’ve found the same thing with nori-once soaked, it falls to pieces. I was really hoping my soaked frozen foods were doing the trick, but now I feel like I’ve just wasted a whole lot of money in additives that never reached my fish. As a side note, healthwise, my fish have always faired very well, but maybe that is no thanks to the additives. Any advice?

By: AquaDaily

AquaDaily — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:25:45 +0000

I used to struggle with vitamins etc leaching into the water when I kept seahorses.

I’d try and presoak the mysis shrimp, but the amount of vitamins/mysis juice that would float off the moment it hit the water was very dispiriting (unless you happened to be a form of algae…)

Alas I’ve never seen seahorses eat or even pellets.

Clearly a good tip for fishes that will though.

By: mcliffy2

mcliffy2 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:41:58 +0000

Good article – another technique I’ve found is to soak nori in selcon for ~30 min. Some of the liquid evaporates (but I’m assuming the nutritional elements dont, and stay locked in the food), so you don’t get the usual selcon snow storm.