[AquaticLife] Question about salt?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 01:16:32 pm „¤*″*¤„H3ATH3R„¤*″*¤„ wrote: > Well I was told it was good for the gills and many other things but the > reason I started adding it was because my swordtail has a white spot > (flat..not ick..doesnt move..not fuzzy and not a hole) that has been there > for a couple of months. I have not been able to find anything like it any > where even on sites lenny gave me so since I do not know what it is and its > not effecting any of the other fish with him I decided to try salt. > Although its still there. Should I not continue using it? Like I said the > use of salt is new to me.
Well, maybe it’s a tropical thing, but I have to keep salt in my rainbow tanks. I have a very bad fungus problem if I do not. The fish in the wild who go upstream during the wet season also suffer fungus problem even in the wild. They spend much of the year downstream in holes nearer the brackish water and maybe it’s not an issue there…
Anyway, I always keep 1 gram/litre of salt and that is enough. You can use as much as 2g/l but you don’t necessarily need that much. You don’t replace salt when replacing water lost by evaporation, and you have to allow for evaporation in the water change. For example if I have a 200 litre tank and it is down 20 litres I will syphon 50% of the water and fill the tank but only add salt as if I was adding 100 litres even though you might add 110 litres.
Anyway, 1 g/l salt does not appear to be harmful to many species, but it depends on what you have.
tim
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