RE: [APD] Slime products & Gills -- or - Why doesn't mucosa in a bottlethrottle your fish?

["LeDeaux, David" <David_LeDeaux at tripointglobal.com>]

I'm at work and was trying to do some research on the subject, but just
don't have too much time to get into the nitty gritty details of it all.

I haven't had much experience with slime coat products, but I am assuming
that they work much in the same way that aquarium salt works.  From my brief
research, the production of the slime coat has something to do with a fishes
osmoregulation.  There are electrolytes that must be present in the water
for normal osmoregulation to function.  Adding salts (and I'm assuming slime
products) merely increases the electrolytes present in the water, enhancing
the osmoregulation of the fish thereby stimulating a healthier/thicker slime
coat.


-----Original Message-----
From: S. Hieber [mailto:shieber at yahoo_com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:12 PM
To: rvengstrom at shaw_ca; aquatic plants digest
Subject: RE: [APD] Slime products & Gills -- or - Why doesn't mucosa in a
bottlethrottle your fish?


That sounds worse to me than adding a coating.  Some have
said that the slime coats jsut irritate the skin to
increase slime production.  If so, is that a good thing to
do during a period of stress?

Scott H.
--- Rick Engstrom <rvengstromnospam at shaw_ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com 
> [mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com]On Behalf Of S. Hieber
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:43 AM
> To: Aquatic Plants Digest Messages
> Subject: [APD] Slime products & Gills -- or - Why doesn't
> mucosa in a
> bottlethrottle your fish?
> 
> 
> I am curious about slime coat products like SeaChem's StressGuard.  If 
> these products form "a protective coating," why doesn't this mess with 
> their gills -- reducing one stress while addign another?
> 
> any thoughts, any answers??
> 
> Scott H.
> 
> 
> I believe, much like the use of salt, that they stimulate
> the slime coat not
> add another protective layer to the already existing
> slime coating. Some use
> those products after netting fish in which case some of
> the slime coat may
> have been damaged.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
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