Subbed. Thanks so much for this video and sharing your knowledge. Most informative and succinct discussion on aquarium salt that I’ve found. Great stuff!
I am currently fighting velvet on my Betta fish , how much salt would I use in my 3 gallons n aquarium? There’s exactly 3 gallons, I made sure to see how much water I added when I 1st set up the tank. I have some aquarium salt in m med arsenal so how much should I put in his tank?
With the numbers I generally find you'd want to use 2-3 grams per liter, which would be about 23 grams, like Brutal said above That said, Bettabox suggests 22 grams per liter for betta with velvet (as well as boosting the temp to 85F), which would be 250 grams for 3 gallons, link attached. I'm not going to say to do that, but that's the range of recommendations Remember you need to keep the tank completely dark/covered for weeks to properly kill velvet, because one of the life stages photosynthesizes. www.bettaboxx.com/betta-disease-illness/velvet/
Mischief and Fins thanks for the reply, wow that is sooo much salt, I’ll take it into consideration, kind of scary. I wonder if working my way up to see if any adverse effects on my Betta. Choices choces
@@BrutalRiotGirl01 yeah, it sounds like a lot to me too, well into brackish territory. That's why I have the standard dose first. I honestly don't know a lot about betta natural habitats, I know some species are naturally found in brackish water, so they may all have insanely high salt tolerance, but even if that's true you'd want to increase the levels gradually. I'd still do the standard 2-3 grams per liter (you have 11 liters), maybe going on the high side of 30 grams, then cover the tank for a few weeks and see how it goes, personally
Hi there thanks for nice video. I have discus fish and they look ok , but I want to use Epsom salt along with preis coly as protection is that ok, and how much do I use for 240 L tank .thank you
Epsom salt should not be added to your tank unless your fish has a blockage. Salt should not be used unless your fish is sick with one of the things mentioned in the video. I don't know what preis carely (new name of coly) is but it sounds like snake oil to me. "Cleans your fishes gills and maintains an optimum gut balance" sounds an awful lot like "does nothing." Why do they think fishes gills are dirty? What are they supposedly cleaning out? I would just stick to clean water, as clean as you can. Maybe age the water with some peat because they like tannins. I wouldn't mess with anything else unless the company tells you exactly what they are doing. But that's just me.
@@MischiefandFins hi there ,thank you very much ,I agree with all what you said , if the water are clean and the heater is ok 30 /32C then fish are happy . But preis carley I really gave it a try it does not change things lot and ingredients are garlic and some acid of lime plus other herbs. I found out adding garlic to Bh is very good. I acutely wanted to use Epsom salt mainly because I am noticing that my fishes are not pooping as usual ,. Thank you very much once more
@@MischiefandFins Hi thank you for reply. I am feeding my fishes 3 times daily quite lot because they are still small, so using Epsom because I can notice since a week now they are not pooping ,I don't know if that is normal or shall I use Epsom salt? If yes what is the quantity I have 240 L aquarium. Thank you
@@elgezouliabdul4973 I'm not sure if we have a language barrier or what, but you aren't answering my questions. Are you seeing any actual problems? Bloating around the stomach? Loss of appetite? Sideways swimming? Epsom salt increases the water hardness, which will stress discus, so dosage depends on actual symptoms.
Do you mind if I ask you a question about using sodium ascorbate crystals to declorinate tap water. It is suppose to effectively eliminate both chlorine & chloramine. I have been using this for my aquarium water for the last year instead of Prime which I use to use. It is claimed to be a lot safer for fish them chemical declorinators. Thanks.
While that definitely works, it also lowers dissolved oxygen (according to the US Dept. of agriculture), and will have an slight impact on your PH, but I don't know if either of those two things are a big enough impact to matter. I treat all my water with a whole house charcoal filter, so I haven't had much need to look into it. I'd just say "watch your fish for gasping behavior if you're using it" just to be safe. But if you haven't seen any negative impact in the last year then you're probably safe
Angelfish Unlimited Thanks for your reply it has been very helpful. I have never heard of whole house charcoal filter .....I'll have to check it out. If your interested I started using vit. C after reading an article entitled ' Neutralize Chlorine with Vitamin C - The Health Wyze Report'. Apparently you would need only 1.2 grams or 1/4 tsp of vit c (assuming a high chlorine content of 4p.p.m.) to treat a 30 gal tank, or 6grams 1 1/15th tsp for 150 gal tank. At present I have a 20 gal & 10 gal tank so only use a pinch or so. I haven't seen any of my fish grasping for air so I am assuming all is well as you suggested. Thanks again. ☺
@@boi9933 salt will damage your plants. If you are not treating a disease or injury you should not use salt with freshwater fish. Sorry, my phone messed up a word in my previous reply
@@boi9933 to maybe better answer the question, the numbers I've seen suggest that aquatic plants often tolerate around 200mg/liter of salt, but I haven't come across any definite numbers on that, since it varies from plant to plant. That means that many will be OK with 1tbsp of salt per 10 gallons but will not tolerate 2 tbsp. But the point of this video is that salt does not benefit fish unless they are brackish or diseased, it was used in the past to make fish more tolerant of bad water conditions but should not be used in normal water change unless you have brackish fish, and in that case you will need brackish water plants. Sorry for the confusion in my initial answer, I was in the middle of a conversation and didn't notice the typo.
Sudden red streaks along the tail sounds like septicemia to me. Might want to look into that and see if it matches what you're seeing. I don't know of any safe septicemia treatments that work reliably.
Angelfish Unlimited omg your a savior I just researched a bunch of information and now I know what medication I need I have to get API FURAN-2 thanks man
What are you trying to treat? And I definitely would not use rock salt, it's frequently not just sodium chloride, it often has calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, and urea in it, which means you don't really know how much of anything is being added.
I have questions : 1. Is aquarium salt really needed even if my fish is fine? 2. How much aquarium salt should you put in a 7.5 gallon cube tank? btw: I have a betta
1) No, as stated in the video, it should really only be used when a fish is sick or injured, or in tanks with nitrite or nitrate poisoning issues. It doesn't really work as a preventative treatment, and some research suggests that using it as a preventative tonic makes it harder to use it as a medicinal option later. 2) It depends on why you would want to use it. Different treatments have different doses, and you'd have to look it up at the time of treatment.
This is pretty short of details, and Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) is completely different than ocean salt (sodium chloride), which is what this video is about. What's going on with them? I might be able to point you in a useful direction.
Thank you I've learned alot by watching this video.i don't use salt but by me hearing a few things u said i should every now an then.im going to subscribe to ur channel.im new to the angelfish breeding.an i have alot if questions.but i save it for next time thank you.pluse u have beautiful angelfishes.that i would love to own one day.
Daves my Philly angelfishes for cichlids it's a good treatment option, but definitely shouldn't be added for no reason. Thanks for watching! I'll be doing a showcase of some of my more interesting angels once I get my larger tank finished
Angelfish Unlimited alright i don't use salt some people tell me to but i don't my angelfish are fine.i haven't had a problem with them thank God.the only one is that one of my female angelfish eggs dont stick to any rock clay pot.an its not the male cos the male i breeded him with another female an thy come out good.but with my silver female don't no why her eggs don't stick.anyway thanks.i can't wait to see that video when ur done.
I used to use salt in my tanks, but then I started using the old tank water from water changes to water my house plants. Not wanting to harm my plants, I stopped using salt. In general, I find that my fish are very healthy without it.
In my opinion this is an instance where science is over thought. I have a 5 gallon tank with guppies. I add small amounts of table salt once a month. I have had no issues and have a very healthy tank with fry thriving.
Rich Giroux guppies are brackish water fish. They live in water with salt and are healthier if it's added, so adding salt is 100% correct That being said "I did it and nothing bad happened" isn't proof of anything, because the average person doesn't keep thousands of fish to do comparative health and lifespan analysis. That's why studies matter more than the anecdotes of random people online
I enjoyed your discusion on aquarium salt ...very informative. I am wondering now if I should continue using brackish salt for my Platy fish? Is it really doing anything for them? I use Seachem Brackish salt. It states that it is chemically designed to replicate the native environment of live bearers & other brackish estuary fish without adversely impacting aquatic plants. Also it is for mineral replacement or disease control. Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
It's useful for guppies, mollies, and endler's livebearers, but platy and swordtails are exclusively freshwater fish. Platy are fairly hearty fish, and they tend to like pretty hard water, so if you're dosing at the directions on the box you won't be doing them any harm, but it's unnecessary for that species. The rest of their claims on the box are silly, though, your water almost certainly is fine in mineral content, and as I said in the video you need way more salt than 1 tbsp per 10 gallons to do anything to any diseases that are affected by salt. The only reason I would suggest continuing to use it is if you are really bad about remembering to do water changes, as it can help with nitrate tolerance. Otherwise I'd say ditch it and let your water changes slowly work it out of the tank.
Subbed. Thanks so much for this video and sharing your knowledge. Most informative and succinct discussion on aquarium salt that I’ve found. Great stuff!
rock salt and kitchen salt are they disame?????is it ok to use kitchen salt?
Rock salt usually has additives and should not be used unless it is food grade and kosher.
Interesting video, I only used salt on my fancies when they were sick so reassuring too
Hi, very informative video. How much time do I have to live the salt in a goldfish aquarium so it kills an ick problem ?
I am currently fighting velvet on my Betta fish
, how much salt would I use in my 3 gallons n aquarium? There’s exactly 3 gallons, I made sure to see how much water I added when I 1st set up the tank. I have some aquarium salt in m med arsenal so how much should I put in his tank?
20 grams?
With the numbers I generally find you'd want to use 2-3 grams per liter, which would be about 23 grams, like Brutal said above
That said, Bettabox suggests 22 grams per liter for betta with velvet (as well as boosting the temp to 85F), which would be 250 grams for 3 gallons, link attached. I'm not going to say to do that, but that's the range of recommendations
Remember you need to keep the tank completely dark/covered for weeks to properly kill velvet, because one of the life stages photosynthesizes.
www.bettaboxx.com/betta-disease-illness/velvet/
Mischief and Fins thanks for the reply, wow that is sooo much salt, I’ll take it into consideration, kind of scary. I wonder if working my way up to see if any adverse effects on my Betta. Choices choces
@@BrutalRiotGirl01 yeah, it sounds like a lot to me too, well into brackish territory.
That's why I have the standard dose first.
I honestly don't know a lot about betta natural habitats, I know some species are naturally found in brackish water, so they may all have insanely high salt tolerance, but even if that's true you'd want to increase the levels gradually.
I'd still do the standard 2-3 grams per liter (you have 11 liters), maybe going on the high side of 30 grams, then cover the tank for a few weeks and see how it goes, personally
Thank you😁💜
Hi there thanks for nice video. I have discus fish and they look ok , but I want to use Epsom salt along with preis coly as protection is that ok, and how much do I use for 240 L tank .thank you
Epsom salt should not be added to your tank unless your fish has a blockage. Salt should not be used unless your fish is sick with one of the things mentioned in the video.
I don't know what preis carely (new name of coly) is but it sounds like snake oil to me. "Cleans your fishes gills and maintains an optimum gut balance" sounds an awful lot like "does nothing."
Why do they think fishes gills are dirty? What are they supposedly cleaning out? I would just stick to clean water, as clean as you can. Maybe age the water with some peat because they like tannins. I wouldn't mess with anything else unless the company tells you exactly what they are doing.
But that's just me.
@@MischiefandFins hi there ,thank you very much ,I agree with all what you said , if the water are clean and the heater is ok 30 /32C then fish are happy .
But preis carley I really gave it a try it does not change things lot and ingredients are garlic and some acid of lime plus other herbs.
I found out adding garlic to Bh is very good.
I acutely wanted to use Epsom salt mainly because I am noticing that my fishes are not pooping as usual ,.
Thank you very much once more
OK, so are you seeing bloating or anything? Lowered appetite?
What are your concerns?
@@MischiefandFins Hi thank you for reply. I am feeding my fishes 3 times daily quite lot because they are still small, so using Epsom because I can notice since a week now they are not pooping ,I don't know if that is normal or shall I use Epsom salt? If yes what is the quantity I have 240 L aquarium.
Thank you
@@elgezouliabdul4973 I'm not sure if we have a language barrier or what, but you aren't answering my questions.
Are you seeing any actual problems? Bloating around the stomach? Loss of appetite? Sideways swimming?
Epsom salt increases the water hardness, which will stress discus, so dosage depends on actual symptoms.
Do you mind if I ask you a question about using sodium ascorbate crystals to declorinate tap water.
It is suppose to effectively eliminate both chlorine & chloramine. I have been using this for my aquarium water for the last year instead of Prime which I use to use. It is claimed to be a lot safer for fish them chemical declorinators. Thanks.
While that definitely works, it also lowers dissolved oxygen (according to the US Dept. of agriculture), and will have an slight impact on your PH, but I don't know if either of those two things are a big enough impact to matter. I treat all my water with a whole house charcoal filter, so I haven't had much need to look into it.
I'd just say "watch your fish for gasping behavior if you're using it" just to be safe. But if you haven't seen any negative impact in the last year then you're probably safe
Angelfish Unlimited
Thanks for your reply it has been very helpful.
I have never heard of whole house charcoal filter .....I'll have to check it out.
If your interested I started using vit. C after reading an article entitled ' Neutralize Chlorine with Vitamin C - The Health Wyze Report'.
Apparently you would need only 1.2 grams or 1/4 tsp of vit c (assuming a high chlorine content of 4p.p.m.) to treat a 30 gal tank, or 6grams 1 1/15th tsp for 150 gal tank.
At present I have a 20 gal & 10 gal tank so only use a pinch or so. I haven't seen any of my fish grasping for air so I am assuming all is well as you suggested.
Thanks again. ☺
Good job , it’s very useful info, u deserve a subscribe and a like.
Will salt be bad for my plants
Generally bad at the levels you would use to treat diseases, unless they are brackish tolerant.
@@MischiefandFins OK. So I would be able to use salt everytime I do a water change and that would not damage my plants are harm my fish
@@boi9933 salt will damage your plants.
If you are not treating a disease or injury you should not use salt with freshwater fish.
Sorry, my phone messed up a word in my previous reply
@@boi9933 to maybe better answer the question, the numbers I've seen suggest that aquatic plants often tolerate around 200mg/liter of salt, but I haven't come across any definite numbers on that, since it varies from plant to plant.
That means that many will be OK with 1tbsp of salt per 10 gallons but will not tolerate 2 tbsp. But the point of this video is that salt does not benefit fish unless they are brackish or diseased, it was used in the past to make fish more tolerant of bad water conditions but should not be used in normal water change unless you have brackish fish, and in that case you will need brackish water plants.
Sorry for the confusion in my initial answer, I was in the middle of a conversation and didn't notice the typo.
@@MischiefandFins All good. Thanks for getting back to me
Hey one question can I use this if my oranda has a red streak on his tail?
Sudden red streaks along the tail sounds like septicemia to me. Might want to look into that and see if it matches what you're seeing.
I don't know of any safe septicemia treatments that work reliably.
Angelfish Unlimited omg your a savior I just researched a bunch of information and now I know what medication I need I have to get API FURAN-2 thanks man
how many rock salt can i put in my 35 gallon? flowerhorn in it.
What are you trying to treat?
And I definitely would not use rock salt, it's frequently not just sodium chloride, it often has calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, and urea in it, which means you don't really know how much of anything is being added.
Very good
I have questions :
1. Is aquarium salt really needed even if my fish is fine?
2. How much aquarium salt should you put in a 7.5 gallon cube tank?
btw: I have a betta
1) No, as stated in the video, it should really only be used when a fish is sick or injured, or in tanks with nitrite or nitrate poisoning issues. It doesn't really work as a preventative treatment, and some research suggests that using it as a preventative tonic makes it harder to use it as a medicinal option later.
2) It depends on why you would want to use it. Different treatments have different doses, and you'd have to look it up at the time of treatment.
Angelfish Unlimited Ok, I understand now. Thanks!
I just put Epsom salt in my guppy tank as some thing is wrong I tried the methylated blue wasnt working so this is my last option
This is pretty short of details, and Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) is completely different than ocean salt (sodium chloride), which is what this video is about.
What's going on with them? I might be able to point you in a useful direction.
@@MischiefandFins they look like they r peeling and and bits missing off there tails I can send u a picture
@@bexsbexs1910 Sorry about the delay. I sent you a message and deleted your address here, so it doesn't get bot scraped.
Thank you I've learned alot by watching this video.i don't use salt but by me hearing a few things u said i should every now an then.im going to subscribe to ur channel.im new to the angelfish breeding.an i have alot if questions.but i save it for next time thank you.pluse u have beautiful angelfishes.that i would love to own one day.
Daves my Philly angelfishes for cichlids it's a good treatment option, but definitely shouldn't be added for no reason.
Thanks for watching! I'll be doing a showcase of some of my more interesting angels once I get my larger tank finished
Angelfish Unlimited alright i don't use salt some people tell me to but i don't my angelfish are fine.i haven't had a problem with them thank God.the only one is that one of my female angelfish eggs dont stick to any rock clay pot.an its not the male cos the male i breeded him with another female an thy come out good.but with my silver female don't no why her eggs don't stick.anyway thanks.i can't wait to see that video when ur done.
I usually put a small pinch of aquarium salt in all of my tanks, especially my ghost shrimp.
I used to use salt in my tanks, but then I started using the old tank water from water changes to water my house plants. Not wanting to harm my plants, I stopped using salt. In general, I find that my fish are very healthy without it.
Good on you. Very few reasons to use it, it's good you stopped no matter the reason.
In my opinion this is an instance where science is over thought. I have a 5 gallon tank with guppies. I add small amounts of table salt once a month. I have had no issues and have a very healthy tank with fry thriving.
Rich Giroux guppies are brackish water fish. They live in water with salt and are healthier if it's added, so adding salt is 100% correct
That being said "I did it and nothing bad happened" isn't proof of anything, because the average person doesn't keep thousands of fish to do comparative health and lifespan analysis. That's why studies matter more than the anecdotes of random people online
I enjoyed your discusion on aquarium salt ...very informative.
I am wondering now if I should continue using brackish salt for my Platy fish? Is it really doing anything for them?
I use Seachem Brackish salt. It states that it is chemically designed to replicate the native environment of live bearers & other brackish estuary fish without adversely impacting aquatic plants. Also it is for mineral replacement or disease control.
Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
It's useful for guppies, mollies, and endler's livebearers, but platy and swordtails are exclusively freshwater fish. Platy are fairly hearty fish, and they tend to like pretty hard water, so if you're dosing at the directions on the box you won't be doing them any harm, but it's unnecessary for that species.
The rest of their claims on the box are silly, though, your water almost certainly is fine in mineral content, and as I said in the video you need way more salt than 1 tbsp per 10 gallons to do anything to any diseases that are affected by salt. The only reason I would suggest continuing to use it is if you are really bad about remembering to do water changes, as it can help with nitrate tolerance. Otherwise I'd say ditch it and let your water changes slowly work it out of the tank.
Angelfish Unlimited
Thank you so much for getting back to me. I'm going to ditch the salt as you suggested & possibly use it for disease only.
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