Final advice for treatment . . . or not . . . :)

[Mini Coop]

I regularly feed all my tanks frozen blend daily. I take LRS, mysis, spirulina, baby brine, krill, bloodworms, etc. Throw all in a cup. Nuke for 30 seconds let thaw rest of way. Strain off heavy liquid. Add selcon. Add bit if garlic. Then I take out two tablespoons and put in to seperate dish (I keep separate food containers for DT/QT to prevent cross contamination). Then add two scoops metro and two scoops focus. I then use this for up to 5 days feeding. Whatever is left at end of 5 days I toss. Keep refrigerated. Make new and repeat.

Ok. Similar to what I do. I use a huge mix. LRS, Rods, mysis, Cyclopes, selcon, etc. thaw and mix together. Then I put it in mini ice cube trays and re-freeze. Each night I take out cubes and thaw while I’m making Dinner. Also separate containers for QT and DT. The one owner of one of the LFS told me that after 6 hours of thawing, the protein in food is reduced by like 50%. Not sure if it’s true. May be BS.
Your method would work better for treating with the meds.

 

[HotRocks]

Ok. Similar to what I do. I use a huge mix. LRS, Rods, mysis, Cyclopes, selcon, etc. thaw and mix together. Then I put it in mini ice cube trays and re-freeze. Each night I take out cubes and thaw while I’m making Dinner. Also separate containers for QT and DT. The one owner of one of the LFS told me that after 6 hours of thawing, the protein in food is reduced by like 50%. Not sure if it’s true. May be crap.
Your method would work better for treating with the meds.

Yeah I'm not sure on that, I would find it hard to believe that freezing or thawing food would alter the amount of protein.

I know one thing as per @4FordFamily recommendations I have always done it this way, I have a bunch of fat sassy fish. And I only feed them once a day!

 

[4FordFamily]

@HotRocks has you covered I have nothing to add. I don’t feed as much GC or Metro in my food mix but do add one scoop metro or GC to one of focus as well.

 

[Mini Coop]

Yeah I'm not sure on that, I would find it hard to believe that freezing or thawing food would alter the amount of protein.

I know one thing as per @4FordFamily recommendations I have always done it this way, I have a bunch of fat sassy fish. And I only feed them once a day!

Sounds good to me! I used to do it like this! The cubes are great for the main tank because I mostly feed rods (all smaller fish). But I’m switching to Larry’s. The rods does seem “dirty”. The bigger chunks in the LRS are harder to get into the mini ice cube tray. Lol.

 

[Mini Coop]

@HotRocks has you covered I have nothing to add. I don’t feed as much GC or Metro in my food mix but do add one scoop metro or GC to one of focus as well.

For your main tank too or just QT?

 

[4FordFamily]

For your main tank too or just QT?

Either or

To clarify - whichever needs it (white stringy poo).

 

[drstardust]

I regularly feed all my tanks frozen blend daily. I take LRS, mysis, spirulina, baby brine, krill, bloodworms, etc. Throw all in a cup. Nuke for 30 seconds let thaw rest of way. Strain off heavy liquid. Add selcon. Add bit if garlic. Then I take out two tablespoons and put in to seperate dish (I keep separate food containers for DT/QT to prevent cross contamination). Then add two scoops metro and two scoops focus. I then use this for up to 5 days feeding. Whatever is left at end of 5 days I toss. Keep refrigerated. Make new and repeat.

This is a great way of doing it! I'll have to adopt this instead of mixing it up before every feeding

 

[HotRocks]

This is a great way of doing it! I'll have to adopt this instead of mixing it up before every feeding

Much more efficient!

 

[jp_75]

you said you just finished qt leopard? what did you use? coppersafe?

 

[Mini Coop]

you said you just finished qt leopard? what did you use? coppersafe?

Yep! Just make sure you have something that is really accurate to measure your levels each time you dose. there has been some research that there are some packages out there that could be up to 3x the concentration that it claims to be. I ramp up really slow and test after each treatment until I get to therapeutic level (2.0). Then it stabilizes.

 

[Mini Coop]

you said you just finished qt leopard? what did you use? coppersafe?

Oh - I also took like 5 days to get it to therapeutic. She was in a 40 gallon tank. I went SUPER slow to ramp up.