Aquarium Salt

[gravel_digger]

I am looking for any pros or cons on using aqaurium salt. i have all fresh water tanks. Thanks in adavnce....

 

[iamzrad]

It's a toss up. Some people claim it does something, some claim it does nothing.
I usually add everytime I clean out the filters (once a month).
Or when I see some nipped fins, add salt and some melafix.

 

[mscichlid]

I have used aquarium salt only for the treatment of ich.

 

[Tony]

I have used aquarium salt only for the treatment of ich.

^^^^^^^ +1

Less to worry about = less to screw up.

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

this one goes both ways depending who you ask..like aquarium salt table salt lol.
i use it only as a medication. that

 

[Lively]

Only as med here, too

 

[mchambers]

Don't use it

I used to use it, but did some research and commenced myself that it was unnecessary and probably not at all helpful, except for treating ich. (Or if you have mollies, or other brackish water fish.)

There are quite a few articles on the Internet on this.

 

[F8LBITE]

I have used aquarium salt only for the treatment of ich.

the lovely and talented Francine "the pike Queen" said it right.....

 

[Jumbie]

the lovely and talented Francine "the pike Queen" said it right.....

I do the same as Francine as well....well said Jose the "Pike Queen" strikes again lol.

 

[Pat Kelly]

I only use it for hatching bbs. lol

 

[Diogenes]

a couple weeks ago, a scratch on one of my fish started to get infected with what I think was columnaris. i gave it a salt bath in a 4x normal dose concentrate for a half hour. it's about two weeks later and he's all better, scales and everything back to normal.

I've used it for nipped fins too.

I wouldn't use it as a general tonic unless you keep livebearers or something, because from what I understand, it's the change in salinity and specific gravity that has the medicinal effect on the fish. If they're already adjusted to high salinity i think it might lose some of it's curative properties.