Biocube 14
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Truck
UKAPS
you can use it as a tonic when treating, are you sure it is salt (NaCl2) ot is it epsom salts (MgSO4)
Truck
UKAPS
who makes it? its not equibrilium is it?
Truck
UKAPS
aye, get rid with a 100% water change
Truck
UKAPS
if you want a species of catifsh for example, the salt puts more stress on their gills and kidneys. this can happen with other species besides catfish also.
waterdrop
Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"
Yes, agree with truck and inchworm,
Salt is not something you want. Salt has a legitimate use in some therapies for certain fish illnesses but the retailers try to expand this to regular use, as boxes of salt, just like boxes of carbon, are easy, regular money makers.
And, as inchworm says, learning the beginning tank setup things is much more complicated than keeping fish will eventually be, so don't be upset. You are going through the same things as beginners we see by the dozens each month. One of the reasons it seems so confusing is that the kind of advice, even though usually not meant intentionally to be wrong on the part of the worker, is on the really bad end of the scale, whereas the advice you'll find in a forum filled with experienced users and hobbyists of many years in forums like ours is at the other end of the scale. I retained some doubts about receiving advice on this forum for a while until gradually I realized it was for real and was the best advice I'd ever had before. Now my opinion is that even though a lot of different types of opinions can be expressed in a forum format, if you read fairly widely in it the power it offers to learn things is pretty amazing.
Read lots of thread, that too is a fun way to pick up things.
~~waterdrop~~
Salt is not something you want. Salt has a legitimate use in some therapies for certain fish illnesses but the retailers try to expand this to regular use, as boxes of salt, just like boxes of carbon, are easy, regular money makers.
And, as inchworm says, learning the beginning tank setup things is much more complicated than keeping fish will eventually be, so don't be upset. You are going through the same things as beginners we see by the dozens each month. One of the reasons it seems so confusing is that the kind of advice, even though usually not meant intentionally to be wrong on the part of the worker, is on the really bad end of the scale, whereas the advice you'll find in a forum filled with experienced users and hobbyists of many years in forums like ours is at the other end of the scale. I retained some doubts about receiving advice on this forum for a while until gradually I realized it was for real and was the best advice I'd ever had before. Now my opinion is that even though a lot of different types of opinions can be expressed in a forum format, if you read fairly widely in it the power it offers to learn things is pretty amazing.
Read lots of thread, that too is a fun way to pick up things.
~~waterdrop~~
I'm not sure if this has been answered or not but for a heater you can place a 50w stealth in the 1st rear chamber. It requires removing the false floor.
Theo makes a 50w heater that will fit without removing the false floor.
I have a Stealth in my 14gal biocube (nano reef)
Theo makes a 50w heater that will fit without removing the false floor.
I have a Stealth in my 14gal biocube (nano reef)
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