My fish has fin rot and ICK
some people say it because of low salt in water.. so do I put the fancy salt from the pet stores in it or just regular cooking salt..
2007-10-03 15:04:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
So is it yes or no?
2007-10-04 02:21:42 · update #1
yes.
2007-10-03 15:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Formulated salt is the better way to go. Your local pet store should have the right salt for fresh water. It has added minerals that table salt does not have, which will aid in healthy Fish skin.
Ask the store how much they use. 1/2 teaspoon to one teaspoon per gallon should do the trick.
As for the ick and fin rot, try adding the salt and turn up your heater a few degrees for a week. (Like 80 degrees). Change 20% of the water and load up on fresh carbon. Add medicine and walla your fish should live.
2007-10-03 15:15:32 · answer #2 · answered by K.O. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put in regular table salt IF it has iodine in it ... if you can get 'sea salt' that would work even better. You don't want to make a 'saltwater tank' unless you have saltwater fish ... and salt will cure both fin rot and Ich in fresh water fish. Take your fish OUT of the regular tank and put it into a small bowl just large enough for the fish to be 'totally submerged' and turn around ... put the 'salt' into THAT water, not into the tank, and leave the fish in it for at least 24-48 hours before returning it to it's regular tank. CHANGE THE WATER and wash the rocks and 'toys' with HOT water and then put fresh, clean 'cool' water in for when the fish has been 'treated' ... and if you must give your fish several treatments, then just leave the rocks and toys out until it's better, so changing the water every time won't be as hard. Use about 1/4 teaspoon of salt to 1 cup of water in the 'sick bowl' ...
2007-10-03 15:10:34 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regular table salt has iodine. It will kill them. If your fish have ick it probably has nothing to do with salt. Get some ethleyne blue from the pet shop and follow the directions on the bottle or from the fish guy there.
Three days later change the fish's water. Use distilled water or pre-treat tap water with a de-chlorinator, then treat with ethleyne blue again for one day. The ick should go away.
2007-10-03 15:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by opinionator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, so long as the salt is not iodized. If it table salt, then no. If you don't want to go out and buy aquarium salt, which is very cheap, then kosher salt works. You should have some of that around the house. If it isn't iodized, you're okay. Some people use iodized salt and their fish live full and healthy lives, so it really just depends on the fish. Kosher salt is fine for all saltwater fish.
2007-10-05 10:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Guppy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use aquarium salt. appropriate cooking salts that contain no anit-caking brokers or iodide would nicely be used, yet they are extra costly than aquarium salt. And as some distance because of the fact the guy who stated the fish can not take the chlorine in salt, there's a great distinction between the chlorine further to faucet water to kill germs, this is Cl2 gasoline, and chlorIDE in salt, this is the ionized type, Cl-. All salt offered as salt, for cooking or for fish aquariums, is Sodium Chloride. foodstuff salt frequently has risky addatives, and salt mixes for marine tanks produce different addatives, however the salt area is sodium chloride. you have distinctive illnesses attacking your fish, you in all threat have a sparkling tank and water high quality issues, and perchance overstocking besides/too small of a tank. you may take care of with Pimafix and Melafix and alter 50% of the water interior the tank daily, including dechlorinator and a million tablespoon of salt according to gallon until eventually the fish is definitely lower back.
2016-10-06 01:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think your salt and the salt from the pet store are the same. i dont think i'd try that one. i know theres some garlic stuff a fish store would have that treats ick.
2007-10-03 15:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get salt for salt water fish at walmart its cheap and the right kind of salt regular salt will probably kill it
2007-10-03 15:07:59 · answer #8 · answered by sweetpea 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, aquarium salt is very different.
2007-10-03 15:07:02 · answer #9 · answered by William 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah! i've done it and my fish grew 3x as big! and it's REALLY healthy! it 'oves verre fast (and no it is not having a sizser).
2007-10-03 15:09:06 · answer #10 · answered by zapper958 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋