Selcon VS. V3 Triple Strength

[jcerdena]

Hi all, this is my first time posting here but I've had a mantis shrimp for a few months now. I've seen a few posts on here that suggest the use of Selcon (I think I spelled that right) when feeding thawed meaty foods to your mantis. I went to my local fish store to buy some Selcon, which they apparently do not sell. The LFS instead sold me a bottle of supplements called V3 Triple Strength (from H20 Life), and said that it was essentially the same thing as Selcon.

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_fish_food_h2o_life_aquarium_gvh_coral_soak.asp?CartId=

Is anyone else here using the V3 supplement? Or is there any reason that I should use the Selcon instead of the V3 that I bought? Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance!

-Joe

 

[mattyice]

i dont see why you couldnt use the V3, i would say they would have to be close, the only thing is there is no food suppliment that adds calcium to the food which is VERY vital to stomatopods, i would have to say in order for the stomatopod to get the right amount of calcium that if its a smashing type to offer it snails and if its a spearing type to offer it fresh clam

 

[jcerdena]

Thanks for the reply! Thor does eat his fair share of snails and hermit crabs, but I still feed him a piece of krill every couple of days or so. I'm giong to try out that V3 next time I feed him.