I sent a link of this thread to Dr. Tim’s at mailto:info@drtimsaquatics.com to find out for certain.. hoping they’ll read it and reply promptly since this is my first time emailing them.
While it’s certainly best to follow the directions on a product, so that if it doesn’t work properly, you can be sure if it […]
It may have a negligible effect, since the salt concentration to recharge the zeolite is much higher than what you ever had in your tank. I’ll bet that once the ammonia and nitrite are under control, most of your problems will go away. Then, when you get a larger tank, the rest of them will […]
It might be time to look at a more serious med or treatment. It seems that there may be some internal bacterial issues going on (you mentioned the rounded look which could be digestive related but could also be internal bacterial issues causing swelling) and the salted water treatment will not really help with […]
Okay Matt, Let’s get to the bottom of just what’s going on with your water, so that you can understand it, but I would like to reiterate that pH 7.6 is not unduly high and should be of little concern.
I’ll begin by addressing your tap water. Most well water has a […]
My brain hurts now from reading this. I hope yours doesn’t from writing it. Actually that was very good. I don’t read any scientific journals and had not heard of any study like that. I do use salt if treating for ich etc…, but not all the time. I had not thought […]
I did note that temporary use of salt, where indicated, should not be abandoned, but the use of salt as a prophylactic, where a concentration of salt is always present, should be re-thought by those who do it. The study was with egg layers, not livebearers, and I would hesitate to make the leap to […]
It is tough for me to come up with a subject line that is short and understandable for this post, so, I apologize if this veers off from what you may think it is.
Now I know that few of you read, or even look at scientific journals in pursuit of your fish hobby, but I […]