question on aquarium salt

[cory dawg]

I have a 29 gallon community tank. The tank houses....... Platies, Ghost shrimp, Plecos, Syno Cats, and cory cats. I was wondering if it was ok to apply salt to this aquarium with all these type of fish (shrimp) in it?

 

[Fish_0]

yea i do it dont hurt my fish.

 

[dorkfish]

It will shorten the lifespan of any freshwater fish. Plain and simple, don't use it. I can give you more info on it if you want.

 

[gst4life]

Give me more info from a solid source. I want to see reasons why it will shorten the lifespan of fish.

 

[cory dawg]

aquarium salt

I would also like to see how it shortens life spans. Just curious. A LFS by me adds salt to all his freshwater tanks in the store no matter what type of fish are in it.

 

[travis]

yeah dorkfish youre gonna need to give some evidence with a statement that goes against everything about FW salt that ive ever read. im not saying youre wrong, just saying that i want proof.

 

[sumthin fishy]

http://www.thepufferforum.com/articles/water/salt.html

I hope this forum is ok to link to

 

[gst4life]

I was to lazy to read alway through it because it was too big and boring. ANd at the top he says its "His Opinion" and not an official source.

And I did stop putting aquarium salt in my tank for now, as Im tired of putting it back in every water change.

 

[TheZoo]

Freshwater fish are called freshwater for a reason. Just because your LFS or your buddy does something to his tanks, doesnt mean its a good idea. Will keeping salt in your tank be harmful to your fish? Probably, eventually. You wont see a difference immediatly, or maybe even in a year. But chances are they wont live as long as they would have otherwise. No, I dont have any "evidence" to link to. But I'll look, although pretty much everything on the internet is just someones opinion.... :read:

 

[gst4life]

Thats what Im talking bout^ Evidence, like proof it harms your fish. Not a 100000 word paragraph on how. I want proof please. :dance2: