salt with albino corys.

[amitnarain]

hello.

can i put salt in tank with corys?

i ask this because i think corys are of the same family as plecos and i dont know if they have scales.

plz respond asap

 

[LittlePuff]

They don't have scales.


Kim

 

[amitnarain]

so can i put salt in the tank ?

or will they die if i do so?

referring to corys only.

 

[Guest]

no salt with cories.. honestly, no salt period for FW tanks IMO

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Same here. No salt with freshwater fish unless treating for ich. Even then, I prefer the heat method. Some lfs push it on you and tell you that it is necessary, but as long as you have a healthy stock of fish, you don't need it.

 

[Guest]

exactly, you don't even need the salt for ich, just heat of over 86 for 2 weeks and its much less stressful on the fish.

 

[flamingonhot]

jeesh this is about the eighteenth question about salt today.... like they said just raise the heat. And with chorydoras they don't do well at all with salt.

 

[jrp1588]

Cories don't have scales? What are those scale looking things then? I always thought they were basically armored.

 

[amitnarain]

thats what i wanted to know. actually yesterday i noticed some white spots on my comets' tails. i immediately thought that it was ich. thats why i posted to know whether corys can suppprot salt cause i was going to add in salt to my tank. (i do not have a heater and thats not really a problem for me.)

however, this morning i noticed that the white spots on the comets diminished. when i looked nearer, i noticed that it was only tiny balloons of air stuck to the fish. it came form my power filter which produces very fine ballloons sometines.

so, no worries. however i still wanna ba sure if corys have scales or not. coz i have albino corys and seem to notice scales on their body. coz i dont think plain skin can be that glossy.

 

[Puriti]

Cories don't have scales? What are those scale looking things then? I always thought they were basically armored.

Yeah they are but I think it's because they don't have scales like other fish.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

You should invest in a good heater in case you do happen to get ich. The salt will not be a good option for you.

 

[amitnarain]

ok