liv2padl, although I have come to really respect your input I pray to God that you ahve these pre-written!!!:clap:
Thank you BTW, and keep 'em coming!
Thank you BTW, and keep 'em coming!
Is putting salt in an aquarium helpful?
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Is there no sticky with that prewritten out? If not there really should be. The darn "salt" thread is a constant.
I work at a petstore, and all I can say is that in my experience, when someone forgets to add the salt, fish loss increases. We have no nitrites, and in my experience, salt helps to aid in stress. I have no scientific backing on this, just personal experience.
if this were the case I would have no fish..read..I do NOT add salt to my freshwater tanks..unless..I am treating for something.
if these are 'freshwater fish' addition of salt(NaCL) is not needed.
do you add salt to the tanks at the store? when you say "when someone forgets to add salt. fish loss increases"are these fish losses coming from your tanks or customers that purchase your fish?
if you use RO/DI water then you may need to add back some 'buffers'
I don't use salt at home, but at my store we get new fish weekly, thus stressed fish weekly. I find for stressed fish it helps them stay alive longer. The store keeps the tanks at .02% salinty, and when I say losses I mean more dead fish than usual in the tanks, which are all on the same system. Salt is added daily to keep it at .02% because the system (2500gallons) is cleaned via drip system. Nitrates never get above 30-40.
You are correct, there is little alkalinity in our water, and we have trouble buffering it.
You are correct, there is little alkalinity in our water, and we have trouble buffering it.
