- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- 10 or less
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 81-90%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
Okay, maybe not necessarily Flintstones Chewables, but vitamins aimed at human consumption but used instead for aquarium fish. Anybody done any research or experimentation in this regard?
I am moving away from the joyous task of making my own DIY gel foods, complete with vitamin supplementation, since my gradually-decreasing collection of fish makes the mess and effort less and less easy to put up with. I've soaked potential thiaminase-containing foods like Fathead Minnows and Smelt in VitaChem, but I wonder just how much is actually absorbed into the food and thus ingested by the intended animal as opposed to how much just rinses off into the aquarium water.
Back when I was heavily into reptile breeding, I purchased powdered reptile vitamin supplements, loaded up empty gelatin capsules from the drug store and slipped the little vitamin bombs under the skin of frozen/thawed mice. Done it a few times with food items for fish as well, but the last time I did this my granddaughters were visiting and I was eyeing the little multivitamin chewables my daughter insists they take daily. Why make up my own vitamin "insertables" when human multivitamins are so readily and cheaply available?
So...a frozen/thawed smelt with a little orange Barney Rubble vitamin gummie jammed down its throat..eaten by a predatory catfish or other large aquarium fish; sound reasonable? Any thoughts and comments are eagerly awaited.
I am moving away from the joyous task of making my own DIY gel foods, complete with vitamin supplementation, since my gradually-decreasing collection of fish makes the mess and effort less and less easy to put up with. I've soaked potential thiaminase-containing foods like Fathead Minnows and Smelt in VitaChem, but I wonder just how much is actually absorbed into the food and thus ingested by the intended animal as opposed to how much just rinses off into the aquarium water.
Back when I was heavily into reptile breeding, I purchased powdered reptile vitamin supplements, loaded up empty gelatin capsules from the drug store and slipped the little vitamin bombs under the skin of frozen/thawed mice. Done it a few times with food items for fish as well, but the last time I did this my granddaughters were visiting and I was eyeing the little multivitamin chewables my daughter insists they take daily. Why make up my own vitamin "insertables" when human multivitamins are so readily and cheaply available?
So...a frozen/thawed smelt with a little orange Barney Rubble vitamin gummie jammed down its throat..eaten by a predatory catfish or other large aquarium fish; sound reasonable? Any thoughts and comments are eagerly awaited.
