Salt does no good on most diseases that are caused by bacterial infections. It is however, a preferred method to treat parasitic infections.. . . If you are treating a disease then any salt will work epsom salt is not necessary to treat diseases.
Salt does no good on most diseases that are caused by bacterial infections. It is however, a preferred method to treat parasitic infections.. . . If you are treating a disease then any salt will work epsom salt is not necessary to treat diseases.
+1Salt does no good on most diseases that are caused by bacterial infections. It is however, a preferred method to treat parasitic infections.
No, I don't hate you; I feel cool buddy mad2. Grouchy?...Did I sound too much latino macho man?wow grandpa efors gettin grouchy in you old age hehehehe hey dont hate me.. your still my buddy.. who's your buddy!!!
As for the epsom salts its up to the keeper if they want to add it in the correct dosage than you will have fish that feel better at pooping and a cleaner digestive tract.. no other benefits that i know of except the TDS that rift cichlids can utilize.
Great advice here as usual Afro... interesting twist however is if the regular addition of epsom salt or baking soda (with water change) might actually help him achieve a higher TDS and/or pHWhat do you feed and how much, Efors?
There is an excellent article here: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/malawi_bloat.php
In it the author lists epsom salt as a treatment. I would use it as a treatment, but not for maintenance. For Bloat I would use Metronidazole in combination with epsom salt until there are no more signs of disease. I'd check my feeding regimine and make changes if needed.
Remember: When you do a water change, you're only dilluting the salt you added during the last water change. For this reason I do not advocate adding salt over a long period of time without a way to monitor the levels in the tank.
Nice! I'll be interested to see what your GH measures to (which seems to be more important for Rift cichlids general health). I would guess your pH (and associated KH with aragonite substrate) is nice and stable. If your GH comes back on the "low side" you could consider adding in epsom salt in with every water change, as I do. My water has very low TDS and needs the GH kick of the Epsom salt to keep it around 17. Otherwise, don't bother as it is just one more step needed with every water change.....
DrV, I don't have a GH/KH kit (LOL!) but I will get one soon. The pH is 7.8 and the tank's substrate is CaribSea Eco-Complete African Cichlid substrate. With aragonite as it's main ingredient, I think the water is well buffered with this substrate.
Any other comment having now this new info? Thanks a lot for your help!:thm: