Marine salt in planted freshwater tanks?

[jd]

Hi folks,
I've heard/read some recomendations to add a small amount of sea salt to
freshwater aquariums to provide trace minerals and such. Has anyone tried
this?

I have a large (125G) planted tank, with fish, and keeping the trace
elements up is tough. The fact that none of the LFS carry fertilizer makes
it even more challenging (I live in rural NH, and the only options are petco
and petquarters, neither of which is particularly good. PQ at least has a
hot FishGal though...)..

Anyway, just wondering if anyone has tried this, and what kind of results
you've had. Of course, other random opinions are welcome as well....


thanks

JD

[Eric]

On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 19:35:38 -0600, jd wrote
(in article >):

> Hi folks,
> I've heard/read some recomendations to add a small amount of sea salt to
> freshwater aquariums to provide trace minerals and such. Has anyone tried
> this?
>
> I have a large (125G) planted tank, with fish, and keeping the trace
> elements up is tough. The fact that none of the LFS carry fertilizer makes
> it even more challenging (I live in rural NH, and the only options are petco
> and petquarters, neither of which is particularly good. PQ at least has a
> hot FishGal though...)..
>
> Anyway, just wondering if anyone has tried this, and what kind of results
> you've had. Of course, other random opinions are welcome as well....

Gee, I've never seen a Petco that didn't carry Tetra FloraPride and Jungle
Labs plant tablets. These products are enough to make my Bacopa grow like
crazy in my 75gal with 4 40W tubes

Maybe you don't have enough light.

-E

[Charles]

On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:35:38 -0500, "jd" > wrote:

>Hi folks,
>I've heard/read some recomendations to add a small amount of sea salt to
>freshwater aquariums to provide trace minerals and such. Has anyone tried
>this?
>
>I have a large (125G) planted tank, with fish, and keeping the trace
>elements up is tough. The fact that none of the LFS carry fertilizer makes
>it even more challenging (I live in rural NH, and the only options are petco
>and petquarters, neither of which is particularly good. PQ at least has a
>hot FishGal though...)..
>
>Anyway, just wondering if anyone has tried this, and what kind of results
>you've had. Of course, other random opinions are welcome as well....
>
>
>thanks
>
>JD
>

I would think that the sodium chloride would adversely affect the
plants more than the trace mineral addition would help.

Why not order on line

www.petsolutions.com

www.thatpetplace.cem

http://www.bigalsonline.com/

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/

[Richard Sexton]

In article >,
jd > wrote:
>Anyway, just wondering if anyone has tried this, and what kind of results
>you've had. Of course, other random opinions are welcome as well....


Bad idea. Trace element mix isn't THAT hard to get. The hot tip it to
get about a pound of Plantex CSM+B Iron and trace power - it's about $10 - and some
distilled water and mix up your own years supply for under $12.

http://aquaria.net/articles/plants/fertsols/

http://www.gregwatson.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CSMPlantex1


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[kitten]

if your adding salt at all i would think the use of Marine salt would not
make much difference.

i find the best fertilizer, to be a few extra fish. Depending on your setup
a few guppies perhaps.

personly i never use salt in a freshwater tank. except for a tank with just
mollies.


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"jd" > wrote in message
. ..
> Hi folks,
> I've heard/read some recomendations to add a small amount of sea salt to
> freshwater aquariums to provide trace minerals and such. Has anyone tried
> this?
>
> I have a large (125G) planted tank, with fish, and keeping the trace
> elements up is tough. The fact that none of the LFS carry fertilizer makes
> it even more challenging (I live in rural NH, and the only options are
> petco and petquarters, neither of which is particularly good. PQ at least
> has a hot FishGal though...)..
>
> Anyway, just wondering if anyone has tried this, and what kind of results
> you've had. Of course, other random opinions are welcome as well....
>
>
> thanks
>
> JD
>