Cichlid Salt for Puffers?

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Jimbocious
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Cichlid Salt for Puffers?

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I am venturing into the Puffer world with 2 juvenile SGPs in a 75 gallon tanks. I've kept Africam cichlids for many years and used Seachem Cichlid Lake Salt. Don't have any cichlids at the moment though. Would that salt be OK to use with the Puffers (as I slowly bring the water to brackish as the puffers grow)? I've read here and elsewhere the importance of using marine salt instead of "aquarium" salt for puffers, but not sure where the cichlid lake salt falls on the spectrum. I'll use whatever is bestThanks for any advice.
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Re: Cichlid Salt for Puffers?

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It IS important you use marine salt--eventually bringing them to marine conditions is best. There are minerals in marine salt necessary to make the tank brackish & not just "salty".
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