- Joined
- Nov 9, 2014
- Messages
- 22,424
- Reaction score
- 34,848
Video below - credit for this technique goes to alprazo. More info below the video.
More info on Tricaine/Finquel (MS-222): http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/11/fish
Where to buy: https://pentairaes.com/tricainer-s-topical-anesthetics-ms-222.html
You want a medium sedation - I use 25 ppm of Finquel aka MS-222 or tricaine. I will create a post for fish sedation one of these days. In short it is based on dose, temp, duration in the bath, and thickness of the gill membranes. Smaller fish tend to respond faster, but 25 ppm is about right for this procedure. My water temp was 70F.
Once fish it out, insert tube and inject food, meds, whatever. It took around 18s in the video. I have been using pulverized shad roe. I've also tried soaked flakes with the same results.
Place fish into clean water and create movement over gills.
Then fish goes back to tank.
More info on Tricaine/Finquel (MS-222): http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/11/fish
Where to buy: https://pentairaes.com/tricainer-s-topical-anesthetics-ms-222.html
Last edited: