Quick Quarantine

[mr limpet]

Has anyone used or heard of this new medication? It’s called “Discus Protector, Schnell-Quarantine/ quick Quarantine”. It’s a bath that you give to new Discus instead of quarantining them. Then you can add them to your existing Discus stock without worrying about diseases affecting existing discus fish. Don’t know if it’s a scam or any good?

[Shan_Evolved]

Honestly sounds too good to be true. Do you have a link to the product for further investigation?

[LizStreithorst]

Sounds like snake oil to me.

[jeep]

It's being hyped but I'm not sure I'd risk what I know works...

[mr limpet]

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[mr limpet]

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[dspeers]

The argument is that new fish will have pathogens referred to as either bacteria or "germs" trapped in their slime layer and this stuff magically kills? removes? it in 17 or less minutes. Then the fish is essentially safe to introduce into your tank.

I have several issues with this:
1. Does the product really only target bacteria, with no anti-viral or anti-parasitic activity?
2. Your tank is simply not sterile, once your brand new fish is partially or completely stripped of its first level defense of infection they go into your tank? That's scary, remember quarantine is about protecting two naive populations from each other.
3. Stressing a fish even further immediately after being shipped seems on its face a terrible idea.
4. So the contaminated mucous is stripped from the fish, then to catch the fish you dip a net into the contaminated water to transfer it to your aquarium. Great recipe for cross contamination.

If this stuff works I would be stunned, sure sounds like the perfect example of "easily and quickly cures everything" snake oil.

[dspeers]

I love it when I forget the most important point
5. The idea that essentially all dangerous fish pathogens are in the slime layer and can be removed strains credibility well beyond the breaking point.

So it removes externals. Use it for that if you think it works, which or it may or may not. There are other things we know will work, and one is just a 4 hr. treatment. You'll still be left with worming and treating for hex, right?

[Second Hand Pat]

Shoot, if it simply strips the slime coat from the fish I would do a salt dip instead. However I would not do that to a newly shipped fish.
Pat

[brewmaster15]

I never treat my discus with any medication that I do not know what the ingredients are. This is so I can actually research what they are and how they work and what the risks are. I can then make a informed decision on if I want to use them on my fish. I hold the same standards for what I expose my cats, chickens, snakes, turtles, and self to.

Thank you but I will continue with a long quarantine for all new arrivals..

Al