Nevergone815
Fish Herder
thanks for the correct info on the cories guys. someone told me that i couldn't treat my tank with salt because of my pleco and cories. now i can. i need to treat them for paracites. i think more specifically gill flukes or just any in general. if i am not mistaken (correct me if i understand this wrong)
i can add 1 teaspoon of non-iodized salt (to treat 10 gal of water) but first i have to put it in like a cup of water and dilute it completely. then i would raise my tank temp up like a couple of degrees or so to like to 82-84F and put in an airstone (if possible). only let the salt be in the water for a few days tops and change the water.
is this right? i know i was against the salt treatment in my previous posts (due to lack of good info at that time), but i am desperate to get rid of the gill flukes that have been haunting my tank. i think that other external parasites might be at work so i want ot treat them before it gets out of control. i can't really afford to go out and get paracite meds and most of the ones that i come across say ick and other paracites and doesn't list the other ones. my lfs doen't sell coppersafe otherwise i would use that. (i think it was coppersafe that i was told orks well on paracites). i am going to a friends house and will check lfs around there for coppersafe (if that is it?)
i hope i get quick responses to the questions before a lot of my fish get sick. i had one die from what appeared to be internal paracites. would salt kill any internal paracites?
thanks for the help!
i can add 1 teaspoon of non-iodized salt (to treat 10 gal of water) but first i have to put it in like a cup of water and dilute it completely. then i would raise my tank temp up like a couple of degrees or so to like to 82-84F and put in an airstone (if possible). only let the salt be in the water for a few days tops and change the water.
is this right? i know i was against the salt treatment in my previous posts (due to lack of good info at that time), but i am desperate to get rid of the gill flukes that have been haunting my tank. i think that other external parasites might be at work so i want ot treat them before it gets out of control. i can't really afford to go out and get paracite meds and most of the ones that i come across say ick and other paracites and doesn't list the other ones. my lfs doen't sell coppersafe otherwise i would use that. (i think it was coppersafe that i was told orks well on paracites). i am going to a friends house and will check lfs around there for coppersafe (if that is it?)
i hope i get quick responses to the questions before a lot of my fish get sick. i had one die from what appeared to be internal paracites. would salt kill any internal paracites?
thanks for the help!
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