Selcon or no?

t5Nitro · Apr 15, 2020

Sounds good. I don't have anything currently on hand. I'll have to place an order for GC and focus. Hopefully they'll eat it. Purple is a tank. The others didn't touch a whole lot today now that I think about it.

K7BMG · Apr 15, 2020

I think it would be worth a trip to the LFS instead of waiting on a delivery for the meds.
Time may not be as critical here as with velvet would be, but with all the delays we have in shipping stuff now, the delay could cause deaths.
Especially if there losing interest in food.

t5Nitro · Apr 15, 2020

K7BMG said:
I think it would be worth a trip to the LFS instead of waiting on a delivery for the meds.
Time may not be as critical here as with velvet would be, but with all the delays we have in shipping stuff now, the delay could cause deaths.
Especially if there losing interest in food.

I think that's the route I'm going after looking online multiple places. Amazon isnt stocking it and ships from third party venders. Focus is very hard to find and may only be through that route for me. GC I may be able to get at a local petsmart. Wouldnt have the binder. Could go with systemic dosing to the tank for now.

ca1ore · Apr 15, 2020

t5Nitro said:
Do you all feel something like selcon is necessary or to just keep feeding high quality food. I've got a few fish that seem to be scratching. Nothing visible yet.

Classic boondoggle IME. I’ve used vitamin soak in the past and not used it .... guess what, no difference as long as you feed a quality and varied diet. Certainly won’t do anything for skin parasites.

Crustaceon · Apr 15, 2020

I like selcon when I can’t get a fish in QT to eat frozen foods. Other than that, nope.

Paul B · Apr 16, 2020

Adamantium said:
I don’t see anything about Selcon in there?

You didn't see anything about Selcon in there because it's not there. I have nothing against Selcon and think it's a great supplement and needed "if" you feed things like dry foods which would be lacking in oils, most oil based vitamins and some other things.

But if you feed things like frozen sea foods like clams, Selcon is not needed and a waste of money.
And if you try to add Selcon or anything else to frozen or wet foods you are really wasting your money because nothing will stick or be absorbed into wet or frozen foods and will just wash right off as soon as it hits the water.

It won't hurt anything and if it makes you feel better, use it.
Selcon will benefit much more if you feed dry foods as it will be absorbed into the food and then get into the fish.

I know people say they have great success using it. I have great success not using it so I don't think it matters.
If your fish are only dying of old age and if all your paired fish are spawning, you are doing the best there is and no need to do anything else.

t5Nitro · Apr 16, 2020

I have lights out today in case there is that added stress. Fish seem to be still actively swimming around. Yellow tang still not as active but no change since yesterday, breathing fine, greets me, and chilling in the corner most of the time. I have NLS hex shield pellets coming on Sunday it says. I picked up API general cure today. I see that it's a twice dose for full effect. I think I'll have to add all 10 packets into the tank to start anyway. I removed the carbon. Box doesn't say anything about skimmer but I assume off?

Edit: So I can dose all 10 packets into my ~100g system now, or should I order Seachem focus from amazon and hope that it gets here on the estimated delivery of Sunday, then instead just feed pellets soaked with focus and GC? I have hex shield pellets supposed to be delivered Sunday so I could treat the tank now and then go ahead and feed another ~7 days with hex shield once or twice daily? I've never used antimicrobials on a fish tank. Let me know which option you all think is best.

There is no obvious physical finding concerning for infection. Looking at him though it just seems like he should be more active, as well as not eating as much. That, and the white stringy poop from the female clown yesterday.

t5Nitro · Apr 17, 2020

Still no physical findings of any infection on these fish. Scratching doesn't seem to be happening often between that yellow tang and clown. Very occasional nibbles at some nori on the clip and pellets off the bare bottom glass. Belly is pinched in, definitely went from fat to malnourished appearing but still comes out to greet (YT. Clown looks baseline health). I held off putting the GC into the tank. I thought maybe old age, but this article makes it seem like that's less likely as they can live up to 41 years? I am sure he is not full grown. https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/coralreefs/...cal_Conservation_Yellow_Tang_Article_2009.pdf

batfish5 · Apr 17, 2020

I have been using Selcon for years,in fact I think since it first came out.Beautiful healthy fish.Frozen adult brine shrimp soaked in Selcon overnight.The same diet that I have been feeding my fish for years.This is the only food I feed!!

watdachuck · May 1, 2020

I have found Selcon to be essential in keeping fish with picky appetites healthy. When I use Selcon mixed with frozen foods my Emperor Angel looks amazing, colors, no HLLE, fins. When I do not his colors seem to fade and some taring in the fins.

Cudaman · May 1, 2020

I alternate Selcon with Kent Garlic Xtreme

Thomas Wieczorek · May 1, 2020

Mastiffsrule said:
this may be one he is referring to, if not I liked this article

Clams, The Best Food for a Reef

Feed clams as food in the reef aquarium.

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks, I'm gonna give clams a try now. I've been doing shrimp and scallops