The Puffer Forum

cool didnt know bouut the melafix thing will buy tomorrow thanks for compliment thats awesome. just to check one of probably few who have never had a sick fish (old age deaths obviously experienced and sudden death in quarantine) do i need to maybe add salt (or anything else as an occasional tonic as i do with all other salt tolerating fish just to aid health) as a preventitive thanks again

That is an old wive's tale: library/misc/thesaltoftheearth/

fair play after reading that. but has worked for me in the past no real sickness experienced other than this so prob not a good idea or should i stick to what i do incase i get more sicky fish in my other tanks?

If you put a sick fish into a healthy tank, you have to treat them all.

ok read last post by me and seemed misleeding lol should i stop the occasional low level sald add to my other tanks as i previously thought this helped? or should i just stick to what i know and have done. had my first tetra death the other day at 7 yrs old 5 still going strong but thats another story lol

After reading that article, what do you think?

yea i see but dont see any problems from best part of 20yrs fishkeeping first hand ooh its a difficult one in my eyes, i feel i have first hand seen benefits, having said that there are potencial problems. my fish seem really happy and have always used a small amount. but dont want to discredit the article or anything you have mentioned, will leave it out for a while and see how that works. thanks again for speedy reply and awesome advice, will post more pics soon.and also keep updated if i see anything diff with the salt , i doubt i will see a difference aslong as water good thanks again

You probably just have excellent water parameters and take great care of your fish. Salt couldn't have had anything to do with your freshwater fishes' longevity IMO, since the water those fish inhabit in the wild have 0 salt levels.

Hi guys the ich is back. Don't know what I did wrong last time. But I have noticed one or two spots again, raising temp slowly now. Is marine salt ok for treating? I thought it was gone last time but obviously not. No new additions and water is pristine. Should I treat for longer than stated? I am at a loss as to why it has returned. He seemed clear in may yet now it's back.

How long did you treat for? Were you doing 80% WC, cleaning the substrate, every other day, to remove the cysts & their eggs?

I followed the salt and heat laid out by rtr. Not sure what went wrong. Gonna start from scratch.quick question can I add salt and leave for longer than recommended rather than increasing temp too much?

I did daily changes of about 30% I even ran the syphon over his back . I must have missed something tho

How long did you treat for? 80% WC every other day is recommended.

You guys recommend 10 days I left treatment for 14 days to be safe. this sucks. Will start from scratch. Is marine mix ok ok. Or is table salt better?

Minimum of 14 days AFTER the last viable spot is gone.