salt is salt - you can use non-idonie store salt and it is a lot less expensive. Some say idonie doesn't hurt but i'd still go with the non-idonie to be safe.Make sure to use Aquarium salt.
salt is salt - you can use non-idonie store salt and it is a lot less expensive. Some say idonie doesn't hurt but i'd still go with the non-idonie to be safe.Make sure to use Aquarium salt.
The protocol i provided uses tablespoons as the measurement for chunky aquarium salt. A tablespoon of aquarium salt is not equivalent to a tablespoon of fine grain table salt. You would have to dose by weight.salt is salt - you can use non-idonie store salt and it is a lot less expensive. Some say idonie doesn't hurt but i'd still go with the non-idonie to be safe.
You can add 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.
Excellent. ThanksUse this dose rate
Author: Robert T. Ricketts
Retired research scientist (biochemistry and physiology, pharmaceutical development) and senior process analyst.Started fishkeeping in the dark ages (1950s), first SW tanks in the mid-60s, first puffers in the early 60s. Started with two tanks and never less than multi-tanked excepting some periods in college and grad school. Specialty if any would be filtration and water management. Primarily species tanks, planted whenever possible/practical and some where it not really practical.Ran something on the order of >150 tank-years* in studying optimum tank conditions for F-8 puffers, the largest tank study I have done. Other studies have been significantly less. Alternate canister use was mid-40s, OERFUG just over 60, veggie filters only about 25 to publication, but still going on less intently. If it had been known that the F-8s would live so long, it probably would not have been started at all.*One tank-year is one tank for one year.