Leftover chicken

[Mschmidt]

This probably could have had a more helpful title but here we are.

I occasionally get fussy hammers. My issue is this, I want to dip them but really don't want to mix up a 4 gallon batch of KFC dip, but do want to be accurate about amounts, especially with the antibiotics.

Could I mix the dry and wet, leaving out the tank water, and store it?

How long would I have to use it?

 

[Formulator]

I don’t know enough about the specific product, but if they are drugs I would recommend against it. Drugs are often much more stable in dry form and may have a surprisingly short shelf life after reconstitution with water. There may also be interactions between drugs in the wet and dry that make them unstable.

That said, with more details we could determine the likelihood of these interactions.

 

[jabberwock]

I was hoping for something much more interesting...
Good thread though.

 

[Slocke]

I was hoping for something much more interesting...
Good thread though.

Same
Hoping @Mschmidt had tossed a roast chicken carcass in the tank

 

[Formulator]

tossed a roast chicken carcass in the tank

I was expecting a question about feeding chicken to the reef as well

 

[jabberwock]

Same
Hoping @Mschmidt had tossed a roast chicken carcass in the tank

I caught a Thanksgiving Turkey carcass under the City Pier on Anna Marie Island a few years ago. A local fisherlady claimed it was her husband.

 

[Reefering1]

I like chicken...

 

[Mschmidt]

I was hoping for something much more interesting...
Good thread though.

Same
Hoping @Mschmidt had tossed a roast chicken carcass in the tank

I was expecting a question about feeding chicken to the reef as well

Sorry to disappoint.

 

[Mschmidt]

Recipe:

500mg Amoxicillin
500mg Ciprofloxacin
10 leveled scoops of Chemiclean
40 drops - Brightwell Lugol’s Solution
4 Capful - Brightwell Restor (the 500ml bottle's cap size)
Duration of dip: 2-6 hours

 

[Formulator]

Recipe:

500mg Amoxicillin
500mg Ciprofloxacin
10 leveled scoops of Chemiclean
40 drops - Brightwell Lugol’s Solution
4 Capful - Brightwell Restor (the 500ml bottle's cap size)
Duration of dip: 2-6 hours

This is an extremely complex mixture with a lot going on, notably iodine which can be quite reactive and is not very stable after dissolution. Without any specific stability studies to test compatibility of the components I wouldn’t speculate about any shelf life other than the few minutes at point of use. That said, maybe I’m being overly conservative due to my background as a formulator. Coincidentally this is exactly the type of question I get asked at work on a regular basis and the stakes are quite a bit higher when I’m representing the pharma company talking to a hospital regarding an oncology drug cocktail, for example…

 

[Mschmidt]

This is an extremely complex mixture with a lot going on, notably iodine which can be quite reactive and is not very stable after dissolution. Without any specific stability studies to test compatibility of the components I wouldn’t speculate about any shelf life other than the few minutes at point of use. That said, maybe I’m being overly conservative due to my background as a formulator. Coincidentally this is exactly the type of question I get asked at work on a regular basis and the stakes are quite a bit higher when I’m representing the pharma company talking to a hospital regarding an oncology drug cocktail, for example…

Thanks for your insight. I could get a pill crusher and weigh out the antibiotics, everything else (except the chemiclean, which I may not have) should be fairly easily divisible by 8 for a half-gallon batch.

It's true my hammer is less important than my Hipec patient. (I'm not the one you're talking to in that case though.)