Re: [GSAS-Member] big cichlid appetites...

["matt kaufman" <igotadose@hotmail.com>]

What's missing from all this discussion on how to treat fish is any sort of 
rigorous testing of results in order to form conclusions. We're just sharing 
our individual experiences, and recommending what works for us. The problem 
is, that's the best you'll ever find for the ornamental fish industry, as 
there's little financial incentive to implement anything resembling a 
rigorous set of tests with reproducible, accurately measured results. This 
is why there are, for example, no expiration dates on fish food, nor on a 
lot of medications, and marketing of products like "Bausman's Miracle Tonic" 
or "Miracle Food" or "Chemi-Pure" that don't describe their contents, or 
that nowhere will you see the words "Guaranteed Analysis" on fish food or 
meds.

It's simply just, "What works for me."  Dumping vitamins in megadoses into 
the water might do something - or maybe it's because the fish is isolated, 
the water is changed regularly, it's not having to compete for food, etc.  I 
certainly wouldn't be in favor of that treatment as it risks fouling the 
water, nor has there been anything but anecdotal evidence for success of 
alternative treatments for people (i.e., since it's just voodoo for humans, 
applying the same reasoning to fish treatment is no more than continuing to 
promulgate voodoo treatment)

Matt

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