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Old 01/08/2008, 12:21 AM
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Do you mix in a container with salt water or RO/DI? Not sure if that makes much of a difference but I have always mixed in a cup of RO/DI for an hour or so prior to addition and never had any problems/issues.
Chris
mine seemed to dissolve to a brown beef broth, needs a lil salt.

Edit; I did add carrots and onions any interactions I should be worried about?
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Old 01/08/2008, 12:25 AM
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mine seemed to dissolve to a brown beef broth, needs a lil salt.

Edit; I did add carrots and onions any interactions I should be worried about?
Your joking right?
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Old 01/08/2008, 12:32 AM
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Your joking right?
yes, the beef flavor thing is weird the fish get exited when i dump it in like i just dropped some meat in.

I do have one serious report i didn't mix my first dose well and an Ora neon goby ate a chunk and died within 5 minutes.
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Old 01/08/2008, 01:23 AM
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FWIW It's a good idea to mix the medication well with a mortar and pestle like you would see at an apothecary. Not a good idea at all to let fish eat doses that would be much larger than would be considered safe. In addition to the fact that the medication not crushed and mixed appropriately will not produce the desired results in your tank,
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Old 01/08/2008, 10:16 AM
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I also disssolve in a cup of RO/DI and stir several times......

Crushing with a spoon works fine. FWIW you can get a mortar and pestle for < $5.

My main point was that if pieces are left that are large enough for fish to ingest and cause harm the Interceptor is not being mixed well enough

It's pretty hard to get to dissolve in water in general and even harder if you are trying to dissolve chunks

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