{"product_id":"boyd-vita-chem-liquid-vitamin-amino-acid-supplement","title":"Boyd Vita-Chem — Liquid Vitamin \u0026 Amino Acid Supplement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlmost every prepared food you feed is nutritionally poorer than the label suggests, and Vita-Chem is how you close the gap.\u003c\/strong\u003e Vitamins are the first thing to degrade in processed food. Flake and pellet lose a meaningful share of their vitamin C and B-complex to heat during manufacture, then keep losing it to oxygen and light in an open container on your shelf. Frozen food loses more to the freeze-thaw cycle and to the water it is rinsed in. The fish is eating; it is just not receiving what the analysis panel promised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in it and why each part matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVita-Chem is a liquid concentrate of vitamins A, B-complex, C, D3, E and K, plus amino acids and trace nutrients. The specific ones that do visible work:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVitamin C\u003c\/strong\u003e — collagen synthesis and immune function. Chronic deficiency shows up as poor wound healing and, in marine fish, as a contributor to head and lateral line erosion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVitamin A and carotenoid precursors\u003c\/strong\u003e — pigment. Faded, washed-out color on an otherwise healthy fish is very often a diet problem rather than a lighting or stress problem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eB-complex\u003c\/strong\u003e — appetite and metabolic function. This is the one you notice first. A new arrival that will not eat frequently starts eating within a few days of soaked food.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAmino acids\u003c\/strong\u003e — the raw material for tissue repair, which is exactly what a fish coming off a shipping stress or a quarantine treatment needs most.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoak the food.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the effective route. Put frozen or dry food in a small cup, add a few drops, let it sit five to ten minutes, then feed it. The nutrients go inside the fish rather than into the water column.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOr dose the tank\u003c\/strong\u003e — roughly 1 teaspoon per 20 gallons, twice weekly. Useful for filter feeders, corals, and fish that are not eating yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRefrigerate after opening.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a vitamin solution. Warm shelf storage degrades it the same way it degrades the food you are trying to fortify.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormulas:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marine for saltwater fish, corals, and invertebrates. Freshwater for community, cichlid, and planted tanks. The gallon sizes are for hatcheries, shops, and anyone running a serious quarantine rack.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe honest caveat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVita-Chem is a supplement, not a medication. It supports a fish that is fighting something; it does not treat the thing being fought. If you have flukes, you need \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hikari-prazipro-praziquantel-fluke-flatworm-treatment\"\u003epraziquantel\u003c\/a\u003e. If you have ich, you need a copper or hyposalinity protocol. Vitamins improve the odds — they are not the intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery fish that ships under our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quarantine-program\"\u003equarantined tier\u003c\/a\u003e gets Vita-Chem-soaked food through the entire conditioning period, because a well-fed fish handles a treatment course far better than a hungry one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyd Enterprises","offers":[{"title":"Marine \/ 4 oz","offer_id":50593334919405,"sku":"BOYD-VC-MAR-4OZ","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Marine \/ 16 oz","offer_id":50593334952173,"sku":"BOYD-VC-MAR-16OZ","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Marine \/ 1 Gallon","offer_id":50593334984941,"sku":"BOYD-VC-MAR-1GAL","price":246.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Freshwater \/ 4 oz","offer_id":50593335017709,"sku":"BOYD-VC-FW-4OZ","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Freshwater \/ 16 oz","offer_id":50593335050477,"sku":"BOYD-VC-FW-16OZ","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Freshwater \/ 1 Gallon","offer_id":50593335083245,"sku":"BOYD-VC-FW-1GAL","price":235.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.yocamronsaquatics.com\/products\/boyd-vita-chem-liquid-vitamin-amino-acid-supplement","provider":"YoCamron's Aquatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}