Salt for fish

[Caper]

I know that many people add salt on a regular basis to their tanks. I know that some use it, with success, to treat illness.

Ohhhhhh...this Parasite Guard that I used had salt in it! But, ever since I used it, things have gone from bad to worse in my tank This nightmare is posted in the disease section

The last time I tried using salt, just salt that is used for fishies that is, it didn't help at all, actually if I recall correctly, it made things worse. Now, I am wondering is it a possiblity that there is something in our water here that doesn't make the use of salt effective? I mean we have horrible water where I live.

[sharn]

it depends on what your using the salt for and in what concentrations i suppose. what were you treating for and in what dosage? im not sure if the water would do anything, im not really up on what they put in the water and if it has any effect on meds/salt sorry.

ive used salt in pretty much all my tanks, its surprising what a tiny bit of salt can help with as long as its in the right dosage for what you want to treat for

[Caryl]

and what sort of salt are you using? It must be plain and uniodised.

[Caper]

Thanks Sharn

The salt that I used, oh it was sometime ago Caryl, was aquarium salt called Aquatica by Wardley. I don't even remember what the problem was at the time, but I followed the...oh, I have it written on the box I first used it on July 14/05 (marked it on the box).

This time the salt was in the "Parasite Guard" that I used. I'm not saying the product was the cause of my fishies getting worse, but just wondering if salt in this water could have a "bad" effect.

My pleco died, but I think I did it with this stuff. It didn't say anything about not using it or reducing the dosage for scaless fish in the directions. But I am not going to use it again.