how is this (selcon) used and what does it benefit? the info at the site follows: and does not describe it so I can figure out if its beneficials to what to what? I need to feed more and got away from phyto as my instinct was it added too much phosphate (bomber of barebottom threadl calls it phosphate in a bottle)
latel I have been thawing out mysis and other frozen foods and washing them with ro water before feeding to get rid
do I have a nitrate or phosphate problem - just trying to avoid one and I have this red fuzzy algae taking hold even thought phosphate and nitrate are showing to be zero
I want a swallowtail
SELCO (Self-Emulsifying Lipid Concentrate) was developed by Artemia Systems in Belgium and has been the benchmark artemia and rotifer enrichment formula to the aquaculture industry.
SELCO is rich in Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (HUFA's) and contains particularly high levels of the essential Omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Just 10 drops per liter or quart of water is sufficient for enriching thousands of artemia nauplii and adults, as well as rotifers.
SELCO is not intended as a feed for rotifers, artemia, or other zooplankton, but rather a short-lived immersion treatment that via ingestion and surface-coating of zooplankton vastly improves the lipid content and nutritional value of the zooplankton. SELCO has been shown to increase both survival and growth in marine fish larvae.
For best results, follow these simple instructions:
- Do not enrich nauplii in their hatching water! Prepare a new cone or culture vessel for the enrichment process using fresh seawater. Adjust salinity to 35 - 45 parts per thousand (ppt); temperature, 28 degrees Celsius; and maintain vigorous aeration.
- Harvest the newly hatched nauplii. Gently rinse with fresh water (an Artemia Sieve works well for this step) and transfer to a clean culture vessel. Stock at the rate of 5,000 - 10,000 newly hatched brine shrimp per liter in the new culture vessel. Do not feed nauplii at this time - they are absorbing their attached yolk sac. (Remaining nauplii can be fed to other tanks or stored in the refrigerator for later feeding or enrichment.)
- After approximately 18 to 24 hours from time of transfer to clean culture vessel, the nauplii will have molted into the Instar II feeding stage.
- Shake SELCO bottle well.
- Add 5 mls. (10 drops) of SELCO per liter directly to the culture vessel. Add no more than 10 drops of concentrated SELCO per liter. Insure that the aeration is vigorously mixing the water column.
- After approximately 12 hours, the intestinal tract of the nauplii should be fully enriched with SELCO. Harvest enriched nauplii and feed immediately. Unfed enriched nauplii can be stored in the refrigerator for later feedings (see "storage" under the Tech FAQ section).
Store SELCO in the refrigerator.
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6803261#post6803261 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by patsan
Ryan ships out the reef chili immediately, which is nice. Order it on his web page rather than ebay.
Are you going to get the small bottle of selcon or the selco (from Brine Shrimp Direct)? I always wanted to order the golden pearls from them, but the shipping was too costly...so I never did.
You'll love the ASM skimmer. I still wish we were able to use the one I had with Bob's tank. It is so much nicer and easier to clean than the MR-1.
We have a local guy that does 3 varieties of live phyto and then mixes them into a 2 liter for sale. I've been using that for months, but he can't keep up with demand, so supply is spotty and I sometimes drop to 1/2 cup of phyto per week until I get a new 2 liter 
