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[Colin_T]

You could try adding some non iodised salt like rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria but the higher dose rate will affect some plants. The lower dose rate will not affect plants.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that.

 

[IKeepAngels]

You could try adding some non iodised salt like rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria but the higher dose rate will affect some plants. The lower dose rate will not affect plants.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that.

so does this mean that i have to dose salt daily? or every 2 days? btw i also have plants and lots of scaleless fish (loaches and cories particularly) and all the soft water fish you mentioned except gouramis. i heard salt harms plants. my problem now is that i have no quarantine tank. i know i should have one but my only other tank is a 15 gallon and my parents won't allow any other aquarium except what i have now

 

[trash.binh91]

so does this mean that i have to dose salt daily? or every 2 days? btw i also have plants and lots of scaleless fish (loaches and cories particularly) and all the soft water fish you mentioned except gouramis. i heard salt harms plants. my problem now is that i have no quarantine tank. i know i should have one but my only other tank is a 15 gallon and my parents won't allow any other aquarium except what i have now

What about a small food grade tub?

 

[Colin_T]

You use 1 heaped tablespoon of salt per 20 litres now. If there is no improvement in 48 hours you add another heaped tablespoon of salt per 20 litres of water. You leave the salt level like this for a couple of weeks and then do small daily water changes to dilute the salt.

If you do a water change during the 2 week period while there is salt in the tank, then you add more salt to the new water before it is added to the tank.
eg: you change 20 litres of tank water. You remove 20 litres and then fill up a 20 litre bucket with dechlorinated water, add 2 heaped tablespoons of salt to that bucket of water, let it dissolve and then add it to the tank.

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The fish, plants and filter bacteria will be fine for 2 weeks with 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres of water.