Forgot I did clove oil first...
I am not debating (since I can't know), but my feeling was that their metabolism would give way to shock (and death) long before ice crystals would form.
I do like the thought of clove oil having the effect you describe, but I never felt too confident in its use...seemed there wasn't a good way to gauge the dosage not judge if the fish was being effected the way I imagined. (We'd also use it for minor "surgeries".) And how do we know what the fish is going through between clove oil drip #1 and #50? I mean all we have to judge by is physical activity...not a lot to go on.
I never had a chance to look it up at the time and don't really keep enough fish to worry about it anymore - do you know if there's any science behind the use of clove oil in this way? (I would like the answer to be "yes". )
I am not debating (since I can't know), but my feeling was that their metabolism would give way to shock (and death) long before ice crystals would form.
I do like the thought of clove oil having the effect you describe, but I never felt too confident in its use...seemed there wasn't a good way to gauge the dosage not judge if the fish was being effected the way I imagined. (We'd also use it for minor "surgeries".) And how do we know what the fish is going through between clove oil drip #1 and #50? I mean all we have to judge by is physical activity...not a lot to go on.
I never had a chance to look it up at the time and don't really keep enough fish to worry about it anymore - do you know if there's any science behind the use of clove oil in this way? (I would like the answer to be "yes". )