Sea Salt from the grocery store

[ABee]

Hello,

Is it okay to use sea salt from the grocery store in a slightly brackish aquarium? My tank is filled with only guppies, baby mollies and a snail. I want to do a water change but I just finished the last of my seachem live bearer salt and all the pet stores are closed!

These are the ingredients listed: SALT, DERIVED FROM SOLAR EVAPORATED SEA, WATER, 1/2 % MAGNESIUM CARBONATE ADDED

 

[venymae]

We use sea salt in our fiddlercrab house and so far so good. Maybe look up magnesium carbonate just to be safe, ours doesn't have that.

 

[Old Scales]

Your sea salt and kosher salt are safe especailly for livebearers. The MgCaO3 will raise your gh & kh slightly which is what livebearers like anyway over soft water fish. OS.

 

[Ryan aka Ryan]

I agree with old scales just watch your water parameters and you should be good. Just remember with guppies once they're happy expect lots of babies

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[BillD]

You don't need to salt the water for those fish.

 

[Old Scales]

I miss my humble little guppies. I replaced them in my 16g bowfront with a pair of beautiful GBR's and they are nice. But I miss watching the young guppies growing up with all their new combinations of patterns and colors. I guess it's time for another tank. LOL OS.