NetMax wrote:
"Elaine T" wrote in message
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wrote:

The salt question it seems to be a tricky one to answer.

I've been reading the newsgroups and it's a toss up between those that
say to add salt and those that say no way.

My impression is that adding salt is okay as long it is in small
quantity.

So I was wondering because I have two red crabs and one just molted,
if
it would make an impact something like 1 tea spoon (or table spoon)of
aquarium salt (that I just bought) in my 30gal thank to the fish and
plants.
Obviously it is a small amount, but will it benefit the crabs and I am
hoping not affect the other fish and plants?

Right now I have and don't plan on adding anything else unless they
die, Gouramis, neon tetras, sherry barbs, apple snail, corycats,
pleco,
guppies and I'm not sure if they are platties or mollies and lots of
live plants.

Would a tea/tablespoon of salt for 30gal of water be a problem?
I also make a 20%-25% water change every week.


One tsp of salt for 30 gallons of water will hurt nothing in your tank.
It's simply too tiny of an amount to bother plants or even the many
sof****er fish you have. It may help the crabs, guppies and mollies.

You'll want to add one drop of reef iodine once a week to help the
crabs molt, and possibly use sal****er tank salt mix rather than
regular salt if your tapwater is soft.

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At those concentrations, why not just use iodized table salt?

Didn't think of it 'cause I never use table salt in fish tanks. I guess
the anti-caking agents aren't a problem with this little salt. That's
way cheaper than reef iodine.

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