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Stress Coat
A conditioner with aloe that replaces the protective slime coat stress strips away. Useful when adding fish, netting, or after an injury.
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Our take
This is a water conditioner, it dechlorinates too, with a trick: aloe vera that helps replace the slime coat a fish loses to handling, transport or fighting. That slime is the fish's first line of defence against infection, so restoring it after a stressful event, moving house, a new arrival, a nipped fin, genuinely helps recovery. Many keepers use it as their standard conditioner; others keep it for stressful days and use a plain dechlorinator otherwise.
Good to know
- Dechlorinates tap water
- Aloe to rebuild slime coat
- Helps heal fins and wounds
- For freshwater fish
Who it is for
- New or stressed fish
Who should skip it
- Planted tanks needing a neutral conditioner
- Replacing quarantine or treatment for real disease
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