Epsom Salt For Oscar Fish Disease

[ixd88]

ive heard of people putting epsom table salt in their fish tank to help their fish get better, is it safe to put in my tank with other fish in it?

 

[Tolak]

First of all, we need to know a few things about your tank & fish to determine if epsom will do any good, or anything bad;

Tank size:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):

 

[ThePiggy]

ive heard of people putting epsom table salt in their fish tank to help their fish get better, is it safe to put in my tank with other fish in it?

Just to clarify... it's not table salt. Just epsom or aquarium salt.

 

[ixd88]

ive heard of people putting epsom table salt in their fish tank to help their fish get better, is it safe to put in my tank with other fish in it?

Just to clarify... it's not table salt. Just epsom or aquarium salt.

oh i have that too

 

[ThePiggy]

ixd88, we need all of that information that Tolak requested from you. The easiest way is to just copy what he typed out and fill in the answers to every question. Thanks.

 

[Jim Curtis]

Piggy your clarification was very confusing. Table salt is commonly used in aquariums to treat wounds. Epsom salt is used as a laxitive for bloated fish and aquarium salt.. meh.

Depends whats wrong with your fish. More than likely you wont need any salts. But they wont hurt...

 

[ThePiggy]

I was told never to use table salt because of the iodine in it. Only epsom salt or aquarium salt.

 

[Jim Curtis]

Non iodized table salt is fine.

 

[ThePiggy]

Just some info I picked up doing some research:

"There are a lot of misconceptions about the various salts available for aquarium use. One such misunderstanding is that non-iodized salt is not the same as aquarium salt nor are either of these the same as marine salt. Table Salt is nothing more than Sodium Chloride (NaCl). It comes in iodized and non-iodized forms. Aquarium Salt is very similar to table salt inasmuch as it is made of Sodium Chloride (NaCl) as well; however, it lacks anti-caking ingredients and iodine. Epsom Salt is Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4). Marine Salt, on the other hand, is no simple recipe. Below is a listing of its constituents:

Chlorine, Cl 19,500
Sodium, Na 10,770
Magnesium, Mg 1,290
Sulphur, S 905
Calcium, Ca 412
Potassium, K 380
Bromine, Br 67
Carbon, C 28
Nitrogen, N 11.5
Strontium, Sr 8
Oxygen, O 6
Boron, B 4.4
Silicon, Si 2
Fluorine, F 1.3
Argon, Ar 0.43
Lithium, Li 0.18
Rubidium, Rb 0.12
Phosphorus, P 0.06
Iodine, I 0.06
Barium, Ba 0.02
Molybdenium, Mo 0.01
Arsenic, As 0.0037
Uranium, U 0.0032
Vanadium, V 0.0025
Titanium, Ti 0.001
Zinc, Zn 0.0005
Nickel, Ni 0.00048
Aluminium, Al 0.0004
Cesium, Cs 0.0004
Chromium, Cr 0.0003
Antimony, Sb 0.00024
Krypton, Kr 0.0002
Selenium, Se 0.0002
Neon, Ne 0.00012
Manganese, Mn 0.0001
Cadmium, Cd 0.0001
Copper, Cu 0.0001
Tungsten, W 0.0001
Iron, Fe 0.000055
Xenon, Xe 0.00005
Zirconium, Zr 0.00003
Bismuth, Bi 0.00002
Niobium, Nb 0.00001
Thallium, Tl 0.00001
Thorium, Th 0.00001
Hafnium, Hf 7 x 10-6
Helium, He 6.8 x 10-6
Beryllium, Be 5.6 x 10-6
Germanium, Ge 5 x 10-6
Gold, Au 4 x 10-6
Rhenium, Re 4 x 10-6
Cobalt, Co 3 x 10-6
Lanthanum, La 3 x 10-6
Neodymium, Nd 3 x 10-6
Lead, Pb 2 x 10-6
Silver, Ag 2 x 10-6
Tantalum, Ta 2 x 10-6
Gallium, Ga 2 x 10-6
Yttrium, Y 1.3 x 10-6
Mercury, Hg 1 x 10-6
Cerium, Ce 1 x 10-6
Dysprosium, Dy 9 x 10-7
Erbium, Er 8 x 10-7
Ytterbium, Yb 8 x 10-7
Gadolinium, Gd 7 x 10-7
Praseodymium, Pr 6 x 10-7
Scandium, Sc 6 x 10-7
Tin, Sn 6 x 10-7
Holmium, Ho 2 x 10-7
Lutetium, Lu 2 x 10-7
Thulium, Tm 2 x 10-7
Indium, In 1 x 10-7
Trebium, Tb 1 x 10-7
Palladium, Pd 5 x 10-8
Samarium, Sm 5 x 10-8
Tellurium, Te 1 x 10-8
Europium, Eu 1 x 10-8
Radium, Ra 7 x 10-11
Protactinium, Pa 5 x 10-11
Radon, Rn 6 x 10-16

I hope this has clarified for you what constitutes the various salts available to you and other aquatic hobbyists."

 

[ixd88]

First of all, we need to know a few things about your tank & fish to determine if epsom will do any good, or anything bad;

Tank size:temporary 75 gallon
pH:7.0-7.5
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:18
kH:not sure
gH:not sure
tank temp:25*C

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):usually laying on the bottom (sometimes goes up) of the tank not eating at all bump on fish near gill greyish color

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 30 % a week occasionally 75 %

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: i use aqua safe dechlorinator

Tank inhabitants:1 id shark, green terror, paroon shark, rainbow snake head, weather loach, peackock eel, oscar

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):nothing i took out fake plants

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):in my other topic (pregnant oscar fish)

 

[Jim Curtis]

As to the "anticaking" thing. All you need to do is make sure you have the table salt totally dissolved in water before adding it to the tank. It adds electrolytes to the water which helps the fish heal. Some people say that salt with iodine is fine too as it is natural.

 

[ReMz]

As to the "anticaking" thing. All you need to do is make sure you have the table salt totally dissolved in water before adding it to the tank. It adds electrolytes to the water which helps the fish heal. Some people say that salt with iodine is fine too as it is natural.

I've heard the same tbh. I personally choose to use aquarium salt.... but I've consulted with respectable fish keepers many times on their beliefs and success with regular table salt.

ixd88...... you do know that the likely cause of your problems are due to overstocking (whether it is temporary or not). Is this tank cycled?

 

[shelaghfishface]

i have used table salt to treat whitespot, succsefully too, fully dissolved first

that massive list belongs in the scientific part of the forum not in here confusing the OP