salt long term

l3lhsl3

l3lhsl3

AC Members
Sep 24, 2009
138
0
0
is it ok to use salt in my tanks permanently? i mean like when i do a watcer change add it back in and keep it that way or is this just a bad idea
 
It can be used for quarantine procedures to destroy a wide range of parasites such as flukes and ich aside from combining it with praziquantel. I would not however advise using it on a permanent basis. It's practically a waste of time and money.
 
It really isn't necessary to use it in your tanks all the time.

Kristina
 
Since nobody else thought to ask what kind of fish are you keeping, what kind of fish are you keeping?
 
l3lhsl3 said:
is it ok to use salt in my tanks permanently? i mean like when i do a watcer change add it back in and keep it that way or is this just a bad idea
Click to expand...

Few plants do well in salt. Java Moss and Java Fern tollerate it amazingly well, for me.

In the last 3 to 5 years, I have never seen salt work for ICK. Long ago it did. I can only imagine that ICK was able to become salt tolerant, or else somewhere along the line we got a brackish form/sub-species imported which can.

Unless I had brackish water fish, my use for salt has pretty much disappeared.

However, that said, I have had some luck in removing Utricularia from my Java Moss with salt; and, of course, it will still kill snails.

Regards,
TA
 
kenyi oscars jack dempsey red empress green terror betta texas blue sliver tipped sharks i think thats what there called?


and no there not all in same tank
 
Not sure what you mean by silver tipped sharks but none of the others need salt. Your "shark" could be a Jordan's Catfish, Arius jordani which would most definitely benefit from salt. I'll track down a pic and post it in a minute so you can see.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom