Adding salt to help mollies

[evertek]

I have a molly that is having trouble adjusting to a new tank. As far as I know it was in freshwater at the store, but I know salt can help mollies. It has been sitting at the top of the tank shaking slightly, and it has spent most of today at the bottom of the tank swimming vertically with its head down. I was thinking of adding 2 - 4 tablespoons of aquarium salt to the 10 gallon tank.

I was wondering if this would help at all and also if it would affect the other fish in the tank. I have 3 green neon tetras, 1 algea eater, and 1 african dwarf frog. I would then allow the tank to return to freshwater as I do weekly water changes.

 

[LittlePuff]

I'm not sure how it would affect the frogs, but if you want your mollies to thrive and not have frequent illness (finrot, popeye, fungus), you'll need to keep them with salt. I think the general reccommendation is 1 Tablespoon per 5gal.



Kim

 

[evertek]

Yeah i'm the most worried about the frog. I would only add 1 - 2 tablespoons to the 10 gallon tank (not 2 - 4). Has anyone had african dwarf frogs in brackish water?

 

[Pufferpunk]

I'm afraid the salt may burn the skin of the FW frog.

 

[Oddball~]

You need Marine Salt for ocean water. Aquarium Salt won't help them a bit. They live in brackish water, a mix of ocean and fresh waters. If you convert your tank to brackish, none of your other fish will survive. Just try some other medication. Aquarium Salt is NOT what goes into brackish.