I've heard it was good to put some aquarium/marine salt (I know, no table salt...just thought I'd cut those posts out early ) into the water for freshwater fish. I wanted to know if anyone has heard about this and if it's helped your tank out?

5/7/2006 12:28:18 AM

if you have snails it would be good

but ive never heard of such a thing, what does it supposedly help?

5/7/2006 12:30:02 AM

i've only heard of that being good if your fish are sick, not to start your tank or during normal operation

5/7/2006 12:37:38 AM

o yea, if they have that ick stuff

5/7/2006 12:39:33 AM

supposedly, 1 tablespoon of salt/10 gallon helps the fish's respiration. It might varies depends on fish, but a little bit of salt doesn't hurt. Just make sure you use non-iodized salt.

5/7/2006 12:56:46 AM

you can get aquarium salt, i know you can use that for fresh water, but I really don't know abou the marine salt, not sure if there is a difference. we put salt in with goldfish, mollies, platys, swordtails, and guppies at the pet store i used to work at

5/7/2006 9:40:57 AM

aquarium salt can help reduce nitrates in the water and help lower fish stress. It also helps with fish osmosis. Dont use marine salt unless you are trying to get a brackish environment as it will raise salinity and cause fish stress.

5/7/2006 10:30:14 AM

instead of wasting your money on "aquarium salt", just go to the grocery store and get "pickling salt". It's way cheaper.

5/7/2006 10:33:41 AM

I have only danios, a snail, a crab, and a few ghost shrimp. They're part of my "pond" in my 29 gallon vivarium. I know the crab needs a little bit of salt but I didn't know if it would be harmful to my fish.

If so I may just move him to his own tank. Any thoughts?

5/7/2006 11:56:39 AM

little bit of salt wouldn't hurt. The key is "little" and "non-iodized salt"

5/7/2006 5:00:05 PM