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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2004Salt
Is there any difference between the salt sold for marine aquariums, and the tonic salt used in freshwater aquariums for goldfish? Thanks  SignatureJanie http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk yes. dont use marine salt. use plain old water softening salt, no additives or get "RO Right"... Ingrid >Is there any difference between the salt sold for marine aquariums, and the >tonic salt used in freshwater aquariums for goldfish? > >Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. That's what I figured, but thanks for confirming it. Don't think RO Right is available in UK, or at least I haven't seen it, and I've been searching the online shops, but only coming up with marine salt. Where do UK folks source theirs? Scotland has soft water so I'm not really familiar with water softening salt. SignatureJanie http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk > yes. dont use marine salt. use plain old water softening salt, no additives or get > "RO Right"... Ingrid [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > endorsements or recommendations I make. All aquatic shops will sell aquarium salt, as well as most general pet shops. Also if you have aWilkinson's nearby, they sell aquarium tonic salt in their pet section for 69p a box.Failing that just plain rock salt from the supermarket will be fine. Just double check when you buy it that it's plain salt with no additives at all ( a lot have anti caking agents etc in them which aren't good). Mel. > That's what I figured, but thanks for confirming it. Don't think RO Right > is available in UK, or at least I haven't seen it, and I've been searching [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > > endorsements or recommendations I make. Thanks Mel. I don't know Wilkinson's so I don't think we have them here. I did get some tonic salt from my LFS, but it was pretty expensive and the bus fare was more than delivery charges from an online store would be, which is why I was looking for a cheaper source (but getting confused as to what was what). I generally use pure rock salt (no caking agent) in the kitchen anyway, and I think it's cheaper than buying the stuff from pet shops. I'll double check, and make an informed decision now. Thanks for your help. SignatureJanie http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk > All aquatic shops will sell aquarium salt, as well as most general pet > shops. Also if you have aWilkinson's nearby, they sell aquarium tonic salt [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > > > endorsements or recommendations I make. I use pickling salt, which also has no additives. Maybe it is the same as the rock salt you mentioned. It's sold here as "coarse salt" - that's in Canada. Tammy > I use pickling salt, which also has no additives. Maybe it is the same as > the rock salt you mentioned. It's sold here as "coarse salt" - that's in > Canada. Thanks Tammy. I've done a price comparison and found it's cheaper to buy the 100% pure rock salt from my local supermarket (about 200 yards from my door) than to get the stuff from LFS or Internet sources, so I'm sorted. SignatureJanie http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk http://www.tomomusic.com (hard dance music) |
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