swanandmokashi
Aquarium Advice FINatic
So I went to Petco today to get some more bloodfin tetra (only 1 petco in our area carries them if I am lucky). In their tank I saw there a bowl with aquarium salt in it. I was not sure if it was salt so I asked the sales person. She confirmed and said bloodfins can not live without salt (yep that is what she said) and told me to pick up some aquarium salt if I wanted to buy bloodfins!!
I explained to her that I had bloodfins for close to 2 years now, with no losses. I have aquarium salt at home which I never use and bloodfins at home are about 2-3 times bigger than what she had in her tank and about 100x more colorful and prettier She would not budge -- so I gave up -- told her to just bag the 4 tetras that I was buying today and wanted to be on my way.
What I saw next was heart breaking She had the same aquarium salt bowl in the tank that had green emerald cory catfish. Now if I understand correctly, cories do not have scales and will not tolerate salt, correct? I did not argue with her as I was not 100% but felt like buying all the 10-20 cories that were in that tank (no I did not)
Am i right that the salt can actually harm the cories?
I explained to her that I had bloodfins for close to 2 years now, with no losses. I have aquarium salt at home which I never use and bloodfins at home are about 2-3 times bigger than what she had in her tank and about 100x more colorful and prettier She would not budge -- so I gave up -- told her to just bag the 4 tetras that I was buying today and wanted to be on my way.
What I saw next was heart breaking She had the same aquarium salt bowl in the tank that had green emerald cory catfish. Now if I understand correctly, cories do not have scales and will not tolerate salt, correct? I did not argue with her as I was not 100% but felt like buying all the 10-20 cories that were in that tank (no I did not)
Am i right that the salt can actually harm the cories?