German blue rams

[xVipersz]

I have always had salt in the water because I’ve seen on YouTube it’s good too have a little should I be adding more? I am in Cali trying to find something that is like the med you mentioned I can find at Petco. Thank you so much for the advice!

 

[xVipersz]

The return policy is only 24 hrs & it’s been about a week but I won’t be buying fish from there now...

 

[Lajos_Detari]

I have always had salt in the water because I’ve seen on YouTube it’s good too have a little should I be adding more? I am in Cali trying to find something that is like the med you mentioned I can find at Petco. Thank you so much for the advice!

Too little salt won't kill the parasites. You need at least according to my given dosage or even higher.
If you can do a quick dip (30mins) at higher dosage, it will be good because your fish is at terminal stage now.
But you also have to treat the whole tank as other fish might be infected also with the dosage that I mentioned.

Now, I remember there is another medication - API general Cure which can treat both gill flukes and internal parasites.

API® | GENERAL CURE™

API GENERAL CURE fish remedy treats a wide variety of parasitic diseases.

apifishcare.com

But Flubendazole might be better I think.

Take note that all these medications are toxic.
So, wear glove and don't breathe in the fume when you handle them.

 

[Essjay]

I have always had salt in the water

Salt should only be used as a remedy in fresh water tanks, they shouldn't have salt full time. Once you have treated the fish, I would stop adding the salt and let water changes dilute it till there's virtually none left. Just because someone on YouTube does it, it doesn't mean it's a good idea.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Yes, don't take advice from someone on YouTube. Even if it may seem good, most of the time it's not.

 

[Byron]

I have always had salt in the water because I’ve seen on YouTube it’s good too have a little should I be adding more?

As others have rightly said, do not add salt to any freshwater fish aquarium, except as a specific treatment for certain diseases/problems. But never regularly. It does significantly impact freshwater fish long-term, weakening them and worse.

 

[xVipersz]

Thanks for all the help guy appreciate it. The German that was swimming woke up today to it dead but I got that general cure & hopefully my last one of the 3 survive & my 3 angels don’t get anything . On the salt they were saying helps over all gill functions to have some in I have a 29 gal & only add 2 tbls 1 for each 5 gal & only adding more when i do water changes only to the amount of water I took out...

 

[Byron]

On the salt they were saying helps over all gill functions to have some in I have a 29 gal & only add 2 tbls 1 for each 5 gal & only adding more when i do water changes only to the amount of water I took out...

This is without doubt harming your fish. Salt should only be used to treat a specific issue, when salt is the best and safest treatment. But absolutely never on any sort of regular basis as some sort of "preventative." That is misleading and false. I wrote an article on this which is published online here, please have a read:

Salt FW Aq Art Hosking

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Salt will not sure every illness. What are the symptoms?

 

[xVipersz]

Meant to say thank you guys* & the fish that wasn’t swimming died. One with the white patch is still alive...

I will take a read thank you. @Byron
Are you asking why I started putting salt in the first place? @PheonixKingZ it was because about 2 months ago one of my angel fish was getting a little bit of fin rot so another fish store where I got him told me too add some salt instead of the medication they have for fin rot...

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Never take advice from LFS workers or big box retail stores, as they are usually very wrong.

Salt does not cure fin rot as well as good old water changes do. Does your fish still have fin rot?

 

[xVipersz]

No was one of the angels I have

 

[xVipersz]

So my last ram died today.... so I have 3 angels left on the tank & 5 cardinals I have another tank that has all glofish tetras would they be too aggressive towards the angels?? Or would I just have to find out... what would you guys recommend??....

 

[Byron]

So my last ram died today.... so I have 3 angels left on the tank & 5 cardinals I have another tank that has all glofish tetras would they be too aggressive towards the angels?? Or would I just have to find out... what would you guys recommend??....

Yes the Glofish are too active for angelfish.

I wold leave things as they are. Partial water changes using only a conditioner are the best treatments, given what has transpired in this thread.

 

[xVipersz]

Thank you @Byron