frozen vs dry pellet food

[o.c.d.]

For fish to not get sick. Just like how we can treat them for some disease with a copper treatment. If you make them ingest it , it will be less likely for them to get sick. That is what I was told. I'm sure many people with reefs use it and have unexplained coral death or can't keep certain coral, this may be a contributing factor after all any reefer will tell you copper and coral don't mix well.

[Snaz]

I think the more you can mix up any feeding regime the better. Like us our tanks need lots of variety.

For frozen food I rinse first in a net, this removes LOTS of the goop that the frozen food is packed in and just leaves the meat. Often I will soak the food in vita-chem for a few minutes for that extra goodness.

[my2rotties]

I would think that if you keep medicating that disease would build a tolerance to the meds much like humans. I will be avoiding foods with copper since I don't think it is a great idea to treat for disease unless they actually have it. Would copper not build up in the fish's system to toxic levels over time? I would hope if I have a healthy system and healthy fish, I would not need to medicate or give food that has any sort of meds in it.

Am I mistaken in thinking this?

Originally Posted by o.c.d.

For fish to not get sick. Just like how we can treat them for some disease with a copper treatment. If you make them ingest it , it will be less likely for them to get sick. That is what I was told. I'm sure many people with reefs use it and have unexplained coral death or can't keep certain coral, this may be a contributing factor after all any reefer will tell you copper and coral don't mix well.

[o.c.d.]

I think that applies more to antibiodics. Like eruthrimiasin (spelling??)use for killing cyno eventually it won't work if used over and over. From what I just read it is another mineral taken up buy the fish from natural seawater which dose contain small amounts of copper. Copper kills the skin and gill parasites. I can only guess why having copper in a fish would be beneficial. Maybe the fish with high levels of copper are not so tasty to a skin or gill parasite?? Interesting though I would be interested to find the real answer.I might just email the food company. Spectum??? anyone I threw mine out everyone seems to carry it.