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Hey there!

I just wanted to know which vitamin brands are the best for our puffers and why..
i defrost food for my gsp and add some drops of a mexican vitamin brand, so the bottle is empty and i wanted to hear some new orations before buying a new bottle...

So, what do you say?

RVS wrote:Hey there!

I just wanted to know which vitamin brands are the best for our puffers and why..
i defrost food for my gsp and add some drops of a mexican vitamin brand, so the bottle is empty and i wanted to hear some new orations before buying a new bottle...

So, what do you say?

I was advised to use Vitachem and** Selcon (for marine) by sevenyearnight. I have both the marine and freshwater vitachem and selcon. I have also heard about Geltek, but I don't know of anyone on the forum who currently uses it. HTH =)

**my edit. Sorry for the confusion.

Vita-Chem & Selcon are 2 very different vitamin sources. Selcon contains all the amino acids for marine life, V-C contains vitamins & come in SW & FW products. I use both Selcon & V-C for SW creatures, including corals.

Pufferpunk wrote:vita-chem & Selcon are 2 very different vitamin sources. Selcon contains all the amino acids for marine life, V-C contains vitamins & come in SW & FW products. I use both Selcon & V-C for SW creatures, including corals.

Good to know that you use both. I was going to ask that eventually, but I don't have my little puffer as of yet, so I was putting it off. Do you dose the V-C and Selcon directly to the water for your tank life, and the food for your puffers?

Soak foods in it.

Pufferpunk wrote:Soak foods in it.

Thank you! That's what I thought, but when you mentioned the corals, you kinda threw me off, haha.

Many corals eat meaty foods too.

Vitachem AND Selcon, not *or.
If I said or, I goofed. I use both, as PP said, they are different things, cover different vitamins, and Selcon has Omegas.

sevenyearnight wrote:Vitachem AND Selcon, not *or.
If I said or, I goofed. I use both, as PP said, they are different things, cover different vitamins, and Selcon has Omegas.

Sorry, I am sure you did say "and" I just didn't go back and double check. I was going to ask about it again after I got him, but this post came up first. My apologies.

Ok... i have no corals just caulepra prolifera, 2 GSP and 1 Toxotes Microlepis.
So i will try Vitachem AND Selcon soaking food on it ñ_ñ

Thanks folks!!
Did i told you how much i love this forum?

I had always used Vita-Chem (both marine and freshwater) in my freeze dried and frozen foods for my fishes since 1992. That's just what I always used though.

since 1992??
it must be awesome! thanks again folks!
Could be ok if i use Vitachem SW for high-end BW?

Yes, I use it for BW fish.

Thanks PP I'm going to do a water change (i don't know why) and will try the new food on puffergie, she´s hungry!

Maybe my sig is getting to you???