Does SELCON Expire?

[BZOFIQ]

I dont see expiration date on the bottle, its been sitting in the fridge since I bought it and for a while now (1-2 years)

Looks normal.

LMK what you think.

 

[blaxsun]

Good question. I've had some sitting (unopened) for long periods of time, but there's nothing on the bottle to indicate it needs refrigeration. They suggest keeping it stored in a cool place away from light.

Do you refrigerate Selcon?

Title says it all. I got some Selcon to boost the nutrition of my fish food and I am wondering how you guys store it. While your here feel free to share your experience with this additive and recommendations on frequency of use.

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[EricR]

Don't take this as fact but when I researched this quite some time ago I read somewhere that I must've trusted enough to come up with:
9-12 months

I don't refrigerate mine and just dump it after 1 year.

 

[BZOFIQ]

Thanks guys, to the dump it goes

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

I Refrigerate mine, much easier, since I put it on the Frozen Cubes of food. I pitch it after about a year. When we had Children’s Vitamin, in suspension, they were good for a year, under refrigeration.

 

[kevgib67]

I refrigerate and finish the bottle just under a year. That length of time never concerned me and it never changed color or had a change in order. Further when I tasted it upon opening it and when I used the last drop it tasted the same (kidding)!

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Are you guys purchasing the 60ml or the 480ml bottle?

 

[kevgib67]

60ml

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I think I use more than the recommended dose. I use 2 eye droppers full in 8 FL Oz of thawed food.

 

[kevgib67]

Hm, I’m having a hard time figuring out if that is to much or not ( I went to public school) but I put 4 drops on a frozen half cube or equivalent twice a day. I’m at work and it’s probably on the bottle but this is what I found.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

You're probably right. I never calculated it, it just made things so much easier when preparing food.

Edit: you are right, I get 32 drops per eye dropper and mix the equivalent of ~48 cubes. That's less than 2 drops per cube. Hmm... this is eye opening!

I also add 4 eye droppers full of vita-chem.

 

[kevgib67]

You're probably right. I never calculated it, it just made things so much easier when preparing food.

Edit: you are right, I get 32 drops per eye dropper and mix the equivalent of ~48 cubes. That's less than 2 drops per cube. Hmm... this is eye opening!

I also add 4 eye droppers full of vita-chem.

Well I hope that helped. I dose two drops of Vitachem and one drop of garlic extreme as well.

 

[Crabby48]

I dont see expiration date on the bottle, its been sitting in the fridge since I bought it and for a while now (1-2 years)

Looks normal.

LMK what you think.

They recommend to use selcon within 6 months after opening

 

[Treefer32]

I'm wondering if over time it doesn't necessarily go bad, but loses potency? What about if selcon is frozen in a frozen fish food blend? I make my own food and still have 2 packs that are bordering on a year or so old never thawed always frozen except when I first made the food. I dump 1-2 bottles in per 6-9 lbs of ground raw food that I prep myself.

 

[Crabby48]

I'm wondering if over time it doesn't necessarily go bad, but loses potency? What about if selcon is frozen in a frozen fish food blend? I make my own food and still have 2 packs that are bordering on a year or so old never thawed always frozen except when I first made the food. I dump 1-2 bottles in per 6-9 lbs of ground raw food that I prep myself.

I would think it will degrade mixed in food overtime for sure. Also I would be concerned how much nutrients is lost in the food after a year. I don’t keep frozen food long because of degrading over time