j_randall1702
Aquarium Advice Regular
Will Kosher work? Aquarium salt is getting expensive for my large tank.
Couldnt find noniodized salt.
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krap101
Aquarium Advice Addict
aer you running a brackish tank? because if not you dont need salt. im guessing your going to put it in the 29 gallon? because salt in the other tanks is bad because you have catfish.
BillD
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Kosher salt is fine. But what do you actually need it for?
j_randall1702
Aquarium Advice Regular
Oscar hit his head pretty good on my driftwood, and I heard that salt will help it heal.
Andos99
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Salt is super cheap....I'm confused.
QTOFFER
Aquarium Advice Addict
For treating an injury, Kosher (noniodized rock) salt is perfectly fine.
It's supposed to work by 1- stimulating the fish' natural protective slimecoat, and 2 - changing the water's osmotic pressure, so that the fish doesn't have to work so hard to compensate for the water that is frely entering its body through the open wound.
I've read doses ranging from 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons.
Another treatment lots of people use is MelaFix.
Oscars are pretty tough fish. The only extra action required on your part may simply be keeping the water extra clean by doing more frequent water changes until the injury heals. HTH
It's supposed to work by 1- stimulating the fish' natural protective slimecoat, and 2 - changing the water's osmotic pressure, so that the fish doesn't have to work so hard to compensate for the water that is frely entering its body through the open wound.
I've read doses ranging from 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons.
Another treatment lots of people use is MelaFix.
Oscars are pretty tough fish. The only extra action required on your part may simply be keeping the water extra clean by doing more frequent water changes until the injury heals. HTH
oscarbreeder
Aquarium Advice Addict
My oscar broke the glass thermometer in this tank and got a DEEP cut from it.
All I did is treat with the Melafix for seven day and the wound is almost totaly gone.
You can still see a little mark where it was.
All I did is treat with the Melafix for seven day and the wound is almost totaly gone.
You can still see a little mark where it was.
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not hard to find non-iodinized salt. Just look at wallmart, they usually have both.
Pufferpunk
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Iodine will not hurt your fish--it is a myth.
Toirtis
God of primitive fishes
Pufferpunk said:
Thats true, but I am still a bit leery of some of the anti-caking agrents used in some free-running table salts. Pickling salt is also usually non-iodized, by the by.
greenmaji
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Toirtis said:
Sounds like a possible added bonus.. isnt pickling salt ground fine so that it will dissolve in cold water?
more soluble.. Similar threads
