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Actually, at 71, I consider myself blessed. While I DO have minor aches and pains now and then it isn't often and I take zero prescription drugs.

That is always going to be my goal . No drugs , no pills , no prescriptions , no treatments . There’s no cure in a bottle anyway .

 

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Velvet . A dread thing that’s been around for many years . I myself have never been plagued with it . Legend has it that it will show up if your source water comes from a pond , lake or reservoir it not from rivers . That could be why I’ve never seen it as my water comes from the Mighty Yellowstone River . At the risk of raising Gary’s hackles , it’s always been thought that SALT ( gasp ! ) added as a precaution killed it before it shows up .

 

[GaryE]

Salt is a good preventative, and is fine to use for fish exposed to salt in nature. Otherwise, it becomes a medication we can use in tanks as it's needed for specific problems. Velvet loves softwater tanks that are crowded, with leaf litter. I use salt in my Nothobranchius set ups because they tend to crowd, and those fish are really bad at fighting velvet off.

I don't have raised hackles. I flare my fins!