Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Health => Topic started by: adiv on November 30, 2022, 10:47:11 PM
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having had lots of tanks in the past i favor salt over everything. i would never put chemicals in my tanks when salt can cure just about everything. it is great for fish that are flashing (i think they call that ich now) or white spot or fin rot etc. for heavily infected fish use a salt bath in a container or for lesser infected or just a general precaution salt the whole tank. a fish keeping book from 50 or 60 years ago will tell you the quantity of salt to use. obviously, if your fish has dropsy you will not save it, dispose of it and best to salt the tank. in my mind, chemicals are a waste of money. also sea salt is a wast of money, table salt is as good as or better.
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Depends on the brand/type of table salt I believe - some have additives (anti caking agents if memory serves) - I believe things like rock salt don’t have these but don’t take my word for it. I like your approach though to minimise chemical use in the tank where possible.
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The trouble with salt is that it cures so much that it masks mistakes being made. If you’ re just adding salt whenever you have an issue you won’t learn to prevent the issue. In general, freshwater fish should not be kept in salt. I’m the opposite, I will use a chemical treatment every time over salt for freshwater fish.
Table salt should Not be used.