neill Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hi Have been reading on the internet about medicated fish foods and was wondering if anyone has seen these here in New Zealand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I have never seen a food that comes with meds in it, But alot of people that treat discus etc for hex administer it in the food. Just soak the food in a solution of it and then feed it. Im not sure on exact amount or anything like that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Medicated foods are not available here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Medicated foods are particularly effective as kills the parasite/worm etc from the inside out (as opposed to treating the water body which works from the outside in) Commercially medicated fish foods are unavailable (NZ a long way behind on the medication front unfortunately due to strict regulations) However, I've made up a homemade oxheart mix containing 3 various drugs, one for worms, one for bacteria, and one for hexamita/intestinal flagellates. The only downside is the fish has to still be eating even though it is sick. Also these meds are hard to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 some meds cant be fed though, like formalin, potassium permanganate etc. i wish we could buy medicated foods here, ive read about a few of them and they sound awesome, so much easier than measuring out your own mixes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neill Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hi Seems a shame not to be able to get them. What is your recipe luke as I would like to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 all you have to do is make up your own homemade recipie (hundreds of variations, most have fresh fish/beefheart/vegie base) and then find the info on how much med to add per x amount grams/kilo/whatever of food. i always ignore the x amount per 1kg of fish (cause its not like im gonna take a sick fish out of the tank to lie it on my scales to weigh it) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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