Salt

[Trevor]

Hi,

On the net, they been saying 1 gallon/litre 1 tbsp of salt. Isit true ? Im quite blur by what they said. Hope somebody can enlighten me.

Currently i own a 1.5ft and 2ft tank. Sometimes i as and when add salt into my tank. Around 1 tbsp or slightly more.
Maybe in a day around 2-3times lor. Tats about it..

Thanks

[Trevor]

Hi,

On the net, they been saying 1 gallon/litre 1 tbsp of salt. Isit true ? Im quite blur by what they said. Hope somebody can enlighten me.

Currently i own a 1.5ft and 2ft tank. Sometimes i as and when add salt into my tank. Around 1 tbsp or slightly more.
Maybe in a day around 2-3times lor. Tats about it..

Thanks

[Trevor]

Hi,

On the net, they been saying 1 gallon/litre 1 tbsp of salt. Isit true ? Im quite blur by what they said. Hope somebody can enlighten me.

Currently i own a 1.5ft and 2ft tank. Sometimes i as and when add salt into my tank. Around 1 tbsp or slightly more.
Maybe in a day around 2-3times lor. Tats about it..

Thanks

[Trevor]

Hi,

On the net, they been saying 1 gallon/litre 1 tbsp of salt. Isit true ? Im quite blur by what they said. Hope somebody can enlighten me.

Currently i own a 1.5ft and 2ft tank. Sometimes i as and when add salt into my tank. Around 1 tbsp or slightly more.
Maybe in a day around 2-3times lor. Tats about it..

Thanks

[vinz]

Your reason for adding salt? Treating disease or trying to create brackish water or...?

[Trevor]

Im not really sure vinz, just read it somewhere and duno why must add. As for creatin brackish, i can get some saltwater frm my friend's marine tank to create brackish setup for my bbgb tank in future. Is tat ok ?

And ermmm, i really cant remember where i heard or read about it la. Salt can be used to cure some illness in fishes. So when my ram was sick, i added salt into the qurantine tank constantly lor. MAybe u can tell me why must add salt to the tank ?

thanks.. sorry for long story

[vinz]

DEA can help better then me. Just asking so others got more info for following up.

[DEA]

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On 10/5/2002 11:56:46 PM

1 gallon/litre 1 tbsp of salt

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i'm trying to figure out what you mean by this
normally people quote the weight of salt per unit volume
this i dun get

but anyway, i use salt for ectoparasites and ectoparasites only
ie, ich, chilodonella
other diseases can be cured by good water or using meds
afaik there isn't any good rationale to use salt for bacterial/viral infections except to reduce "osomotic stress" <- magical shibboleth, dunno what exactly they mean

[Trevor]

Yeap DEA Boss,

You`ve hit the nail on the head. The head with the brain la. ""

So from what u`ve said can i deduce that salt is added on a regular basis to prevent ectoparasites right. Not forgetting, isit a must to put salt in my tanks regularly ? Im shocked that 1 litre 1 tbsp!! So much..
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afaik there isn't any good rationale to use salt for bacterial/viral infections except to reduce "osomotic stress" <- magical shibboleth, dunno what exactly they mean
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Quoting from what u said, ermm.. Afaik means ? And also. i guess there isn`t any good rationale means no specific/standard amount used to reduce osomotic stress bla bla.

Hope my english doesn't fail me....THANKS to Vinz and DEA

[Trevor]

Sorry for the misunderstanding..

My last line

"Hope my english doesn't fail me....THANKS to Vinz and DEA"

Here's the edited: "Hope my english doesn't fail me...."

"THANKS to Vinz and DEA"
LAzy to type enter la.. not being sarcastic.. Sorry

[DEA]

ehh
afaik = as far as i know

i don't put anything as a preventive
the only thing keeping my fish healthy is the water
just keep that in good shape (plants, water changes) will be good enough
you don't need salt unless there're obvious symptoms of ich, velvet, chilodonella etc

[Trevor]

Ahhhhhhh... Ok boss i understand... Only use salt when there's some diseases in it... Thanks !!

And erm. ectoparasites are some parasite tat cause diseases in fish isit ?

Thanks

[DEA]

ectoparasites refer to those living on the outside of the fish

[Trevor]

point taken

thanks

[zac08]

So from what u`ve said can i deduce that salt is added on a regular basis to prevent ectoparasites right. Not forgetting, isit a must to put salt in my tanks regularly ? Im shocked that 1 litre 1 tbsp!! So much..

Trev....

do not keep adding salt into the water... You only add a bit more for each time you replace the tank water with fresh clean water. And do dose it according to the water you add in. Not add every week or so.... you keep doing this and probably soon you'll have a marine tank
[] and all your fishes will float upside down.

[Trevor]

Hello Michael the Golden Trevally of Fishingkaki,

Thanks for the advice, cause i scared the rocks in my tank still got some parasite or anything. That why recently add more salt la. Choy, my fish wont belly up.

Thanks =)