Beware!!!

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80* is fine. That is the temperature I used to cure most of my ich cases. 1 tsp per gallon is not enough salt. You need to go with 3 tsp per gallon of salt to really be effective. A simple test to see if you have enough salt in your tank water is to taste a drop (I know it sounds disgusting but won't hurt you). If the drop tastes salty, then you are fine if not, add more salt. If you are like me and want to be precise, get a hydrometer and raise your specific gravity by 0.003 from your tap water.

If biology is fun, so is chemistry :joke: ... woohoo!!! Hydrometer... Thanks alot rrkss, that means that i don't have to buy a new heater... and the last time i checked, the reading on my tanks' thermometer was at 82 degrees... but my fish looked as if though a bunch of salt were sprinkled on them... so i am pretty much at that stage... so i better add more salt and do the taste test :coffee2: