Fishguy
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Posts : 65
Location : Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : keeping an aquarium
|  Subject: Aquarium salt  Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:05 pm | |
| I have been reading about salt use in aquariums and find there are different opinions about it's use. Some say you should use it and others say it's not needed and still others who only use it as a part of a treatment. It's all kind of confusing, I see it on the shell at the pet store in the aquarium section. I have read the info on the box, it says it's for freshwater tanks. Does anyone of you use aquarium salt? and why or why not?  |
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zebra
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Age : 33
Joined : 20 Jan 2008
Posts : 63
| | Subject: Re: Aquarium salt Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:14 am | |
| I add aquarium salt to my tank once a month, I never have had any problem with it.
Started using it because LFS said it would help keep my tank healthy. |
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Celticwraith
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Age : 40
Joined : 19 Jan 2008
Posts : 339
Location : Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : Keeping fish
Favourite type of fish : Kribensis
| | Subject: Re: Aquarium salt Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:59 am | |
| | I also use it, it seems there are conflicting views on almost every thing in the hobby of keeping fish. |
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garman
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Age : 42
Joined : 30 Jan 2008
Posts : 289
Location : grew up in Ithaca NY
Job/hobbies : respiratory therapist, N-scale trains,
Favourite type of fish : Florida gars
| | Subject: Re: Aquarium salt Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:50 am | |
| Salt is supposed to help the slime coat on FW fish. I put a little more than my LFS said to use (I forget how much now) and my water lilies pads stopped ascending and some of the exterior roots died. I did a 20% water change to dilute the salt and the pads started going up again. I was told that gars have to have salt or they will end up suddenly dying of bacterial infections. It all doesn't make much sense to me as some gars are semi-brackish and some live in the-great-lakes where I doubt there is much salt. I haven't seen any info on this concerning my fish but this subject is worth some thought to determine the optimal level for any particular species or a happy medium for a comunity tank.
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Fish_Genius
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Joined : 02 Feb 2008
Posts : 176
Location : Burlington Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : Fishkeeping
Favourite type of fish : Altum Angelfish
| | Subject: Re: Aquarium salt Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:02 pm | |
| Very true, salt helps to keep the fishes slime coat healthy. Still don't use Instant Ocean or other salts that are meant for saltwater tanks. Trust me, I used some of my salt that is for my saltwater tank on one of my other tanks, and well, it didn't turn out that great. 
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rolliefish
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Joined : 28 Jan 2008
Posts : 19
Location : Nova Scotia, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Aquarium salt Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:16 pm | |
| Salt is one of the best things there is for fish. I had used it all of my life with no problem. I have a article on my site about it, which i wrote.
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