Salt

[Janie Thomson]

Is there any difference between the salt sold for marine aquariums, and the
tonic salt used in freshwater aquariums for goldfish?

Thanks

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Janie
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yes. dont use marine salt. use plain old water softening salt, no additives or get
"RO Right"... Ingrid

"Janie Thomson" > wrote:

>Is there any difference between the salt sold for marine aquariums, and the
>tonic salt used in freshwater aquariums for goldfish?
>
>Thanks



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[Janie Thomson]

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.


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> wrote in message
...
> yes. dont use marine salt. use plain old water softening salt, no
additives or get
> "RO Right"... Ingrid
>
> "Janie Thomson" > wrote:
>
> >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.

[Mel]

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.

"Janie Thomson" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Janie
> http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk
>
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > yes. dont use marine salt. use plain old water softening salt, no
> additives or get
> > "RO Right"... Ingrid
> >
> > "Janie Thomson" > wrote:
> >
> > >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.
>
>

[Janie Thomson]

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.

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Janie
http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk



"Mel" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
> "Janie Thomson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Janie
> > http://www.janie-thomson.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > yes. dont use marine salt. use plain old water softening salt, no
> > additives or get
> > > "RO Right"... Ingrid
> > >
> > > "Janie Thomson" > wrote:
> > >
> > > >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.
> >
> >
>
>

[Watkins Lady]

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

[Janie Thomson]

"Watkins Lady" > wrote in message
.. .
> 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.


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[Joux123456]

Thanks for the advice.

Salt cleared up my tailfin rot quickly