Jungle Laboratories markets a product called "Bag Buddies". They
consider it the "first water conditioner and fish calmer in one
controlled-dose, mess free tablet" It supposedly reduces fish stress,
promotes the slime coat, removes chlorine, neutralizes harmful metals,
adds electrolytes, plus calms fish, releases oxygen into the bag and
reduces ammonia buildup.
They seem to be marketed as a tablet that is placed in a fish bag when
you buy one at the pet store. However, I wonder how they work over
several days (when shipping fish)? They come in two sizes, 50 tablets
and 400 tablets.
Check your LFS to see if they have them, if not, let me know, I stock
them, and can ship them to you.
Rick Rego.
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:05:22 EDT Moontanman_at_aol.com writes:
> Hey guys, I know this may date me to some extent but does anyone
> remember the
> large pills that used to be sold to put in bait buckets to keep
> minnows
> alive? If memory serves me they were about the size of the pills you
> put in
> your toilets tank to keep the water nice and blue. I'm not sure how
> they
> worked but my point is that with all the chemistry advancements in
> the last
> 40 years or so surely there is a way to keep the water in a shipping
> bag
> fresh by way of adding something to the bag that would absorb CO2
> and maybe
> NH3 and if we are real lucky slowly give off O2. What I am looking
> for is a
> pill about the size of an aspirin that would be good for one fish
> for several
> days. Do any of you chemistry buffs out there know of any chemicals
> that
> might do at least one of these things? It would improve shipping
> success at
> least and maybe make some money for who ever can do it.
>
>
>
> Moon
>
>
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