Hi Connie,
Just sharing info.
Cheers
Francis
Wow, I guess the word is getting around fast!!!
Sorry about that!
-Julie
Hi Connie,
Just sharing info.
Cheers
Francis
its been discontinued..i was told. so there wont be anymore anywhere very soon. hence the stock is outdated. they arent making it anymore.
I have force fed the drops using a blunt needle and syringe designed for refilling ink cartridges. After drawing a couple of drops of Gel-Tek in I draw a drop of water, invert the needle and purge any air by depressing the plunger. Then I catch the fish and hold them mouth up in my hand with the net. The mouth pops opened when they are held like that. I set the tip of the rounded needle on the back of their mouth and move it slightly. When it's on the sphincter that leads to the gullet the weight of the syringe will push it in. I don't push the needle in, when it is positioned correctly it slides in by it's own weight. Then I squeeze the plunger on the syringe. You can feel the gullet expand slightly.
It sounds crazy but it's easy.
I've had good success with Gel-Tek this way but they never eat it themselves. It's hard to get sick fish to eat new foods, especially orange transluscent globules. I make my own beefheart and have put Gel-Tek into that before freezing it and used it on some wild hypancistrus plecos as a precaution. I don't really know how well that worked.
I find that Prazi-Pro works the best. It's easy to use and despite the fact that fish don't drink and the prazi has to find it's way into the gullet somehow it has always worked for me.
Thanks for posting this force feeding method. It sounds complicated at first reading but then I read it again and it actually does sound easy.
Connie
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yeah, it's pretty quick. I think the bottle said to feed them the Gel-Tek exclusively twice a day for 3 days. I was feeding this stuff to 9 discus that way for three days, twice a day. Once you get the feel for it it's easy.
I think the concept of Gel-Tek is good, but why not just mix some prazi in with your food? Maybe soak some bloodworms in prazi or add it to your beefheart like I mentioned in this post:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...=34961&page=10
yeah, it's pretty quick once you get the hang of it. I think the bottle said to treat the fish twice a day for three days and I was treating 9 discus.
I think the concept of Gel-Tek is good but why not just soak some bloodworms in prazi, or add it to your beefheart the way I mentioned in this post:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...=34961&page=10
Uh, well, cause I don't feed BH, never really have... I've used the Gel-Tek to soak bits and freeze dried BWs in though.
Connie
So Many Fish... So Little Tank Space
Thanks for your post. I was in the LFS yesterday and snatched up his last bottle of Ultra Cure since I learned they have stopped it.
Good score!
Connie
So Many Fish... So Little Tank Space
I bought some of the Gel-Tek Penicllin and used it on a nice pair of angels a friend gave me which had nasty ulcers. The angels gobbled it up and it worked! The ulcers are clearing up nicely
Wow, that's good to hear. Glad its working so well for your Angels.
Connie
So Many Fish... So Little Tank Space