Keep the salt in the kitchen not in the fishes water unless its
absolutely necessary to add it for treatment. If you want to add salt
to the fishes water perhaps setting up a marine tank would satisfy
that urge.



On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:29:02 -0500, "Cathy T."
wrote:
I have a 90 gallon tank with 10 fancy goldfish. It has been set up now for
more than a year and it is doing very well. Many years ago I worked in a
fish store, and the owner believed in adding non-iodized salt to all the
goldfish tanks. I don't know why, but he was a very knowledgeable guy and
the fish seemed to do well.

So I basically have three questions regarding salt...

1.) Do other people add it, or was it just this mans idea?

2.) How much salt should I be adding? I seem to remember it was 1 teaspoon
(or maybe 1 tablespoon?) per gallon, but I could be very wrong! Even better
would be knowing the correct salinity level (specific gravity?). I have
access to a hygrometer.

3.) Could the right level of salt help prevent the periodic "upside-down"
floating that one of my fish does from time to time? He can right himself if
he puts the effort in to it, otherwise he flips upside down for a few days.
Then he will be ok for a while, and then the problem returns. This has been
going on for months! (It doesn't seem to bother him, but it upsets me pretty
well.)

Any info would be much appreciated!

CT


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