The Puffer Forum

We feel a bit embarrased to ask this... but what type of salt are you supposed to use for GSPs (brackish) to get rid of ich?

Wouldn't marine salt or Instant Ocean (Petco brand Marine Salt) work because they live in it? or do you need aquarium salt?

And what SG does the water need to be at to kill ich? (Ours are in .008.)

Thanks!

1.008 is fine. just raise the temp to 86-87 & do huge (80%) be'daily water changes, being sure to vaccum the substrate.

So is marine salt good to use for treating ich?

Also, it seemed as if they didn't like the temperature raised much above 83*... They were "panting."

Thanks!

You should add an airstone to compensate for depleted O2 at higher temps. You are already using the "salt" part of the treatment, by having the SG at 1.008.

Awesome, that's what we were wondering. So basically it doesn't matter what type of salt we use as long as it gets SG up past 1.002 (I think is what we read).

And they will tolerate those temps as long as there is additional air. Yay.

We do have a 4" airstone in the 10gallon QT already.

Thank you so much!