Best Way To Add Salt?

[keri578]

Hi I read online that it is bad to put the salt directly into the filter for it to dissolve? Is this true? I have just the basic aquarium salt which looks like little tiny rocks. I want to add just a little bit now and again to keep the water healthy as I have Mollies. I have a 55 gallon tank kept at 78 degrees. What would be the best way to add it to the water?

Thank you!

 

[coldcazzie]

what else do you have?

 

[keri578]

5 Mollies, 4 Platies and an opaline gourami.

and Java fern and Anubias! in case it matters......

 

[Dieses Madchen]

I keep salt in with my platys and swords, and i usually dissolved the salt in a cup of water from the tank prior to adding it. I do not know if salt is good for your plants and gourami though..

 

[KittyKat]

It's better to pre-mix the salt in a bucket of water and then slowly pour it in near the filter outlet. But personally, I would not be adding salt every now and then (so I would have either constant salinity or none at all) and I would also not want to be putting salt in with the gourami.

 

[fish48]

Hi I read online that it is bad to put the salt directly into the filter for it to dissolve? Is this true? I have just the basic aquarium salt which looks like little tiny rocks. I want to add just a little bit now and again to keep the water healthy as I have Mollies. I have a 55 gallon tank kept at 78 degrees. What would be the best way to add it to the water?

Thank you!

if your fish are ok then dont put salt with them its not needed.