RE: Food and food additives

Julie A. Zeppieri (jazep at conncoll.edu)
Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:10:51 -0400 (EDT)

Chris

Selcon is a food additive that provides lipids and various amino
acids/nutrients. Sorry so vague, but I don't have the ingredients here w/
me. :-) It is basically a watered-down version of Selco, a product that
the aquaculture and public aquarium industries have been using for a
number of years now. When I did volunteer work at the Mystic Marinelife
Aquarium, we used it to soak newly-hatched baby brine in. It greatly
increases their nutritional value. SeaScope has also published articles
on its effectivness on the rearing of a number of marine fish species,
including wolf fish. Many public aquarium workers swear by Selco, and,
from what I've read on it, I would think that it would be a good thing to
try. Just because Selcon is "watered-down" doesn't mean it's not as good
as the industry version. Selco must be diluted before use, so Selcon just
saves this step and should be more user-friendly for smaller volume
usage.

That answer your questions? :-)

Julie Zeppieri (RSG) <><