Tube Feeding Techniques for Fish
Jay Hemdal
c. 2021
Syringe with catheter attached.
Here is an all too familiar scenario: an aquarist faced with trying to care for a new, expensive fish that tragically refuses to accept any food. Common sense dictates that fish need food in order to...
Wanted to share my simple recipe for medicated frozen food with the community.
I feed this to all of my fish through QT, and my DT on occasion, and have been very successful in treating bacterial/fungal/internal parasites/worms with it. Its nothing particularly unique or special, but I have...
Proper Dosing of Medicated Foods
Jay Hemdal
c. 2020
Oral medications are an excellent way to target internal diseases of fishes. Marine fish absorb aquarium water, so in certain cases, they “drink” enough medication from the water to effect a cure. However, freshwater fish actively export...
So where i live, i can’t find seachem focus for medicating general cure, even online unless i want to ship it overseas. Ive heard plain agar can be used as an alternative. So will it make it reef safe like focus? And how should i prepare it (ratio etc) do i blender the food and make a chunk that...
I'd like to start by thanking everyone on this forum for the help found in these posts. There's so much information that a quick search yields SO MUCH HELP!
I have a question about dosing foods, specifically. Most of the products mentioned here that fix internal parasites (white stringy poop)...
Dr. G medicated food I have used in the past with mixed results.. but was wondering about a few things.. in reference to the caviar foods.
1. what exactly is the solution in the bottle. I let the bottle sit for a few days, food settles to the bottom and I then empty 50% of the liquid...