Re: Normal salt level for koi pond ?

[Gregory Young]

Whatever is in your water.
Koi do just fine in fresh water, which will have some trace levels of
various salts, not just sodium chloride, but also calcium and magnesium.
(which affect the total hardness)
Happy ponding,
Greg


"Khoa Tran" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
> What is the best salt level for koi pond in normal condition (not for
> treating parasites) ?
> Thanks in advance
> Khoa
>
>

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one thing. dont add salt until you have tested your water. many people, especially
those along coastal areas have quite a bit of salt in their water already. also,
test for sodium in softened water if that is what is used. Ingrid


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[Khoa Tran]

I had added some aquarium salt and just bought the tester. It turns out
0.06% :-). Great!
thanks for all responses
Khoa


> wrote in message
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> 0.05-0.1% or 0.45 to 0.9 lbs per 100 gallons. Ingrid
>
> "Khoa Tran" > wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> > What is the best salt level for koi pond in normal condition (not for
> >treating parasites) ?
> >Thanks in advance
> >Khoa
> >
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
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> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
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