Would you recommend Selcon?

[Porcupine Reefer]

I was considering adding vitamin supplements to my fish food for immunity, would you recommend Selcon for this purpose or would I try something else?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Pellets and flake foods already have vitamins and supplements added to help boost fish immunity.

 

[Paul B]

I would not recommend Selcon. I'm sure it is good stuff but not needed if you feed correctly. Frozen or fresh foods like live worms are all that is needed to keep fish healthy and spawning.

Think foods with living bacteria in them.

 

[56longroof]

I used it sparingly when treating a tang for HHLE. While the fish completely healed in 3 weeks time I cannot say if it helped or not. I primarily contribute it to feeding quality frozen and live.

 

[sushiboss]

I would not recommend Selcon. I'm sure it is good stuff but not needed if you feed correctly. Frozen or fresh foods like live worms are all that is needed to keep fish healthy and spawning.

Think foods with living bacteria in them.

What if we do both? Haha

I use selcon and feed rods fish food with vitachem dosing in addition.

Essentially loading it up with garlic and vitamins.

The fish seem to respond great ever since this implementation.

Is that too much?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I was considering adding vitamin supplements to my fish food for immunity, would you recommend Selcon for this purpose or would I try something else?

We had our fish diets evaluated by the veterinary lab at Michigan State University - they found what we had long suspected; our fish diets were mostly complete EXCEPT that fish being fed seafood items (as opposed to pellets or flakes) were deficient in Thiamin and Vitamin E. We only supplement those two items now.

Selcon is sort of a wild card; There is a product from INVE called Selco, I presume that is how the name Selcon was derived. However, unlike Selcon, Selco is a true HUFA product, and requires nitrogen storage and then refrigeration after opening and then has a shelf life of only a few months. I've never been able to figure out how a "copycat product" can get around the storage requirements and be shelf-stable?

 

[Paul B]

What if we do both? Haha

It certainly won't hurt.