Comments on: 12.4.2. Salt https://tankstartguide.com Based on Science and Logic Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1944 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:40:46 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1944 In reply to Travis Hancock.

Travis …. Salt is not beneficial. Period.

]]> By: Travis Hancock https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1943 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 07:07:38 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1943 Is salt beneficial an any case?

I have long added small amounts of salt to my live bearer tanks and the fish seem better for it. Less problems with parasites. Fry thrive.

So I mean outside of ich treatment if you can’t get Ich-X (sorry europe) is salt ever a good thing?

Thanks,

Travis

]]> By: Facu https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1942 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:28:26 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1942 Thank you Dave. Can I write you an email? I would like to consult you some basics things about salt water aquariums. Don’t want to fall into the marketing hype.
I don’t want to change the main topic of this comment section so I tought that it could be a better way of comunication.

]]> By: Dave https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1941 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:29:58 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1941 In reply to Facu.

In reply to Facu … No corals

]]> By: Facu https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1940 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:12:28 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1940 Thank you Dave for your answer. Did you include corals?

]]> By: Dave https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1939 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:12:19 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1939 In reply to Facu.

In reply to Facu …. I had marine aquarium that only used table salt. It worked well.

]]> By: Facu https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1938 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:12:02 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1938 Hello Dave,
I was wondering if marine salt for aquariums is also a marketing invention and if is posible to have salt water fishes just with NaCl

]]> By: Dave https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1937 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 01:46:21 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1937 In reply to Mark B.

In reply to Mark B …. there are hundreds of bacteria and archaea that have been identified as oxidizing ammonia, all with differing salt tolerances. So there is no answer to your question. Some for instance do best in the salinity of ocean water.

]]> By: Mark B https://tankstartguide.com/12-4-2-salt/#comment-1936 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:16:16 +0000 http://tankstartguide.com/?page_id=1987#comment-1936 Reading about salt today (12.4.2 Salt) and what concentrations can and cannot kill fish, plants, bacteria, parasites, …etc. Got me wondering… At what salt concentration does one start to adversely affect or even kill beneficial bacteria in the tank and filter?

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