stress coat useful?

NetMax wrote in message ...

"Chris Palma" wrote in message
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Hi.

I have to do a gravel vac & adjust a plant some time this week. I know
that the advertising suggests that any time that you do something like
this you should add stress coat, but I'm wondering what the r.a.f.
wisdom
is on this -- is stress coat as beneficial as it purports to be? I
don't
have any right now, and I'm thinking of buying some before I have to
stress my fish while I muck around in their home. So... what's the
verdict? Is Stress Coat as good as advertised?

Thanks.

--chris

I'm afraid that all you'll get is anecdotal comments and not anything
scientifically validated. If that's all you're looking for, then I use
Stress Coat on new Discus arrivals. My regular de-chlor 'Aqua-plus' has
stress coat in it as well, but most tanks are on activated carbon filters
which remove chloramine, so I don't use a lot of de-chlor. A Discus's
slime coat seems to be more problematic for sporezoans (or is it
protozoans) so the Stress Coat seems like a good idea. Once they are
acclimated, then I don't use anything special when I gravel vac and
re-plant (I might flick my fingers at them so they leave me alone ;~).

Of course, no post is complete without 'ymmv'.
NetMax



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