Marine Salt?

[Malawimania]

Can I use marine salt in my african cichlid tank? I searched the forum and read some of the discussions about people who use 1 tsp per 5 gallons of water. I added the marine salt to my 220 gallon aquarium to cure my electric blue's pop eye. The pop eye is from him scratching his eye on a rock, not from a fungal infection, water changes are far too frequent for that to occur. I also googled "marine salt in cichlid tanks", after I treated the tank of course. There were mixed feelings on whether or not to add marine salt to your cichlid tank. I'm just a little nervous now, my tank is well stocked and would hate for anything to go wrong. Anyone with any advice on this? The fish have been doing fine over the last hour thus far.

- Steve

 

[YSS]

I used to use marine salt for my african tank and had no issues. These days, I don't add anything anymore. I use same tap for my discus and africans. Probably not ideal ...

 

[Malawimania]

I used to use marine salt for my african tank and had no issues. These days, I don't add anything anymore. I use same tap for my discus and africans. Probably not ideal ...

Thanks for the response I was sweating bullets for a bit...lol

 

[FormulatedFire]

I recently used red sea coral pro that was left over from reef tank which is reef salt and it worked great to cure my tanks ich problem.


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