Is this goiter really? I never thought about where fish put their thyroids.
I was mainly joking with the subject line.
The mummi's will be easy - add more instant ocean salt to their water. The
mollies won't mind much either. The bluefin is in a different tank.
I will also start adding more marine foods to the mix and see what happens.
Geoff Kimber
Lexington,KY
On Monday 20 January 2003 10:38 am, Todd Crail wrote:
> I wonder if feeding things like Krill and supplementing little pieces of
> Nori or Dulce (all of which are *heavy* hitters in the Iodine dept) would
> take care of this issue in a biofixed, ingestion mechanism, rather than an
> environmental absorption mechanism? I'm sure the I2 salt would help...
> Just wondered if you could give them a break earlier in the game? What all
> are you feeding them Geoff?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "unclescott" <unclescott_at_prodigy.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- do fish get goiters?
>
> > Try adding some iodized salt. :)
> > We saw a similar situation with some pupfish. The swelling subsided.
> >
> > All the best!
> >
> > Scott
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