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August 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Are there such things as Vitamin Drops?
For freshwater fish, Flower Horn, Blood Parrot, Oscar.... Any supplements I can give them? | 
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August 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| meat, lol, just joking, i dont know, never heard of anything like that  , mabey someone can tell us... | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| ive seen lots of vitamin supliments for fish on ebay
Esha Minaroll 20ml Aquarium Fish Vitamins & Minerals.
WATERLIFE Vitazin Multi Vitamins for Fish Revitaliser
are just examples of two | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I love Boyd's FW VitaChem. I have also used Tetra CichlidVital.
This for my Cichlid/Characins 145gal tank (Oscars, Angelfish, Firemouth, Convicts, Kenyi, Silver Dollars) | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| Good morning. I've seen vitachem recommended at good bit and Garlic Gard as well. Both are supposed to be very beneficial for fish. I've never used them myself. 
Ken | 
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I use both garlic gaurd and vitacham. | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I don't use supplements. IMO super clean water and high quality foods are the way to go. | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Quote:
Originally Posted by harpua2002  I don't use supplements. IMO super clean water and high quality foods are the way to go. | Well, I do that also. I really don't know if the vitachem and garlic gaurd help, since I've been using them from the beginning, but they don't seem to have hurt any. | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| You can also use the juice from minced garlic(in a jar) from the grocery store. Garlic is used to stimulate appetite and build up the immune system.
vitachem is a great all around vitamin. There is a freshwater variety and a saltwater variety.
As was stated fresh clean water is most important of all but I have used Garlic and Vitachem. Mostly I use these with fry occasionally to give them a boost and a good start in life. Others use them frequently.
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Thanks. I'll try the Vitachem.. how much of the garlic juice am i supposed to give them? I have a 55g. | |
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August 8th, 2009
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Originally Posted by SimonC86 Thanks. I'll try the Vitachem.. how much of the garlic juice am i supposed to give them? I have a 55g. | I put a few drops in a tiny bowl and add their food to it. It doesn't need to be soppy but needs to have absorbed some. Because it's different they may not eat it at first so feed just a tiny bit to begin with.
Carol | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Thanks Butterfly. Today my little butterfly pleko died. I don't know why, my fiance said she saw it laying there. When I left the house it was still sucking on the glass... It wasn't injured... It just died! =( | |
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August 8th, 2009
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Last edited by Butterfly; August 8th, 2009 at 11:22 PM.
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August 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| The first link | |
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August 8th, 2009
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| The reason I ask, the first link is not really a pleco It is a hillstream loach and their needs are vastly different than plecos. This is one of the problems with common names. frequently fish are given names that describe them and they wind up with several common names. this one goes by butterfly pleco, borneo sucker among others.
Here are some beautiful pictures and some information http://www.loaches.com/species-index...ream%20loaches
more info http://www.loaches.com/articles/suck...ream%20loaches
These little fish are fascinating in the right environment. I encourage you to set up a tank just for them and get some more.
Here are some that I had several years ago | |
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