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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / April 2006salt
I'm wondering if I can add "Lo salt" to my fish tank, I'm not sure if its available in the USA but we get it here in the UK. It has no additives, and is reduced sodium, but high in natural potassium chloride (It says 66% on the website www.losalt.com) The website isnt very good and some pages dont come up. 100g of losalt has 13.1g of sodium 34.6g of potassium It also contains anti caking agent which is magnesium carbonate, but doesnt state how much. Can someone explain (in laymans terms) if I can use this product, or should I just stick to old fashioned table salt? Tess xxx > I'm wondering if I can add "Lo salt" to my fish tank, I'm not sure if its > available in the USA but we get it here in the UK. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Can someone explain (in laymans terms) if I can use this product, or should > I just stick to old fashioned table salt? Why do you want to add salt of any kind? Without knowing anything about it, I'd avoid that stuff you describe. I'd also avoid "old fashioned table salt" that's iodized and/or includes an anti-caking agent. There are specific reasons why you might want to add Kosher (or other additive-free) salt, but as a general rule you shouldn't need to use it. What's up? G Well, one of my fish, Rudolf, isn't too well, I posted earlier ("poorly fish?") He has little black marks on the tips of tail and front fin, which Ingrid thought were probably recovering ammonia burns. He's eating now, but spends a fair bit of time "resting" on the bottom of the tank, otherwise he's reasonably active. Don't think its black spot as all my plants are plastic and he wasn't with any snails or plants in the aqua-shop, which is a good one, very knowledgeable staff, and takes care of its fish. Ingrid suggested I add a little salt to the tank, and as sea salt isn't suitable, I wondered if lo salt was okay. Apparently rock salt, or table salt with no additives is okay. I always thought the salt you get from aquarium shops was for marine fish only? Also, Percy has an ongoing floary problem and when I added salt to the treatment tank it really seemed to do him some good. Tess > > I'm wondering if I can add "Lo salt" to my fish tank, I'm not sure if its > > available in the USA but we get it here in the UK. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > What's up? > G no... dont use that lo salt stuff.. plain table salt, no additives. try kosher salt. Ingrid >I'm wondering if I can add "Lo salt" to my fish tank, I'm not sure if its >available in the USA but we get it here in the UK. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Tess xxx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. Okay thanks :) Cant get kosher round here but can get table salt. Tess > no... dont use that lo salt stuff.. plain table salt, no additives. try kosher salt. > Ingrid [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > endorsements or recommendations I make. > Okay thanks :) > Cant get kosher round here but can get table salt. > Tess I find it hard to believe you can't get kosher salt: it's in nearly every supermarket I've ever visited. But the point isn't the kosherness, it's the lack of additives. Like I said before, avoid iodized salt, and avoid anti-caking agents like YPS (yellow prussiate of soda also known as Sodium Ferrocyanide). Just read the label, even if the box says it's kosher. Aquarium salt is for certain free of those additives, but you pay dearly for the word "aquarium" on the package, relatively speaking. But since you'll not use much, it's probably the easiest way to be certain of purity. As for marine vs freshwater, it's a matter of degree: as a tonic for freshwater fish, you'll not exceed 0.1% salinity, and if you use Ingrid's recommended dose of 1 tsp per 5 gallons, only about 0.02%. Marine aquarium water or real seawater is over 3%, and that would definitely kill a goldfish. BTW, the last time I had a fish do that "resting on the bottom" thing, giving the gravel a good cleaning during a PWC was what turned him around. That means removing it all and giving it a thorough rinsing in treated water before putting it back -- simple vacuuming wasn't sufficient. Gunther I know its silly, but I live in Britain and in South Wales, there is no Kosher salt available in any of our stores, Its proving difficult even to find salt without an anti caking agent (most of it is magnesium carbonate not YPS) That's Wales for you, I tried health food shops but they only sell Lo-salt! I'll get some of the more expensive stuff from my aqua shop, its worth it to make sure my fish are safe. As for the grave, Its a fairly new tank, its been up and running 4 weeks before I put my fish in and since then its been happy for over 2 months. Percy has always had floaty problems, and I only bought the "resting" fish a week ago, like I said in my earlier posting I stupidly didn't quarantine him. However I'll give the gravel a good clean just to be sure. Tess > > Okay thanks :) > > Cant get kosher round here but can get table salt. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Gunther 3rd paragraph should be "gravel" not "grave" ..doh!!!! Tess > I know its silly, but I live in Britain and in South Wales, there is no > Kosher salt available in any of our stores, Its proving difficult even to [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > > > Gunther >> Okay thanks :) >> Cant get kosher round here but can get table salt. >> Tess > >I find it hard to believe you can't get kosher salt: >it's in nearly every supermarket I've ever visited. I've _never_ seen it in a supermarket! Difference between the UK and US supermarket, I suppose. >But the point isn't the kosherness, it's the lack of >additives. Like I said before, avoid iodized salt, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Gunther  Signaturesophie It is not clear to me what the function of the Potassium would be. Salt is often added to outdoor ponds to keep bacteria and other bad things in check. Potassium at the very least would be a kind of fertilizer for your plants but at higher strengths might prove too much for the fish. SignatureJim and Sara Humphries, Victoria, BC > I'm wondering if I can add "Lo salt" to my fish tank, I'm not sure if its > available in the USA but we get it here in the UK. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Tess xxx >It is not clear to me what the function of the Potassium would be. Salt >is >often added to outdoor ponds to keep bacteria and other bad things in >check. It's chloride levels, not sodium levels, and there are different chlorides used in raising fish. Jim Humphries Wrote: > It is not clear to me what the function of the Potassium would be. Sal > is [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > - For me, I used M-salt - www.m-salt.com - for 1 year to contro hypertension. I can control the hypertension to some extent. I don' know why I got better but may be because of potassium salt or may b because of Nifedipine table. I think M-salt is just like LoSalt. In m region LoSalt is not available. I am now considering whether should avoid or continue using Msalt -- MrLee |
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