dude_753 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 hey my peoples I brought some starazin from Ben (AOA) today and he was telling me that the supplier took the ingrediants of the label to get it into australia as there is an ingrediant in there that can kill people if drunken. Anyone know wat the ingrediants are as im interested now. lol btw do not drink sterazin people! Cheers The Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 The label doesn't say what it does....it used to.....but not anymore???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_753 Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Nope no ingrediants or anything on the label Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 sounds like some dangerous stuff might be a hallucinogenic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanwatts Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 sounds like some dangerous stuff might be a hallucinogenic give it a sniff and see if ya see some freaky sh@t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 lol ill leave it some one else i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanwatts Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 sadly i dont own any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropheus21 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 trust ryan to say that does it say poison on the bottle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanwatts Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 be funny if it was a hallucinogen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlas_aquarium Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 no it doesnt say it on the bottle.. otherwise the price would be huge! it does expalin its uses in the catalogue tho./ same with protazin etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'd be interested to know why the purpose/use was removed from the label.....some even had it blacked out with felt pen....all seem a bit weird??? I can understand not stating the active ingredients.....but not what the product is to be used for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 who would use it if they dont know what its used for lol, prolly steralises your fish so no breeding lol with a name like sterazin who knows. is it a antibacterial or something? what did ben say to use it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorman Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Sterazin is used to worming fish and removing Gill flukes The best thing about it is isnt doesnt discolour the water much and is safe with scalefish and catfish I havent heard anything from the reps regarding the ingredient list or anything like that but I will try and find out Octozin was removed from Australia as it used Metronidazole as its active ingredient and this has been classified as a S4 drug which requires a script to buy it Or Flagyll which is the same stuff but its called this when used on Humans I wouldnt reccomend drinking it at all now would I with any medication not prescribed to you Maybe removing the uses was worldwide and probably because of California They are very anal with what is stated on the bottle of any product Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_753 Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 well brad, ur full of information. I got it to treat gill fluke. Turned my water green for about 15 minutes but thats about it. Cheers The Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I tried sterazin to kill Camallanus Worms ....didn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetpetz Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I was once told that the use described on the bottle brought sterazin into a category covered by an agricultural chemicals act. To register the product as required under the act would have cost more than the Aust. aquarium market of the product was worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titlebound Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Didn't someone have an outbreak of these recently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusty Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Quasimodo and Motoman are right. If a product makes a claim in Australia it must be registered. I believe the cost to be $10 000 to $30 000 per product depending upon its intended use. On Sterizin and other similar branded products like protozin the claim has been removed creating a loop hole in the system that allows the products to be sold in Australia. They are extremely good products but the importer simply cannot justify the expense compared to the small volumes sold in Australia. I use Sterizin on Angels. Quite often Angels can start dying for no visible reason. Sterizin has been the most successful cure I have used for that purpose. And as with Protozin they don't discolour your tank for more than about half an hour and they don't kill your bio filter. Thanks to my lfs for the registration info. Triston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
