Salt ...

Now that winter is over and the algie is in full bloom .. so it seems. I was wondering about resalting. Our pond was put in in July of last year. We had added salt to start, now is it time to resalt and how much? Our pond is 1500 gallons. Do I broadcast it or put it throught the filter?
Thanks,
Bill - Pensacola, FL

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:32:27 -0600, "Bill Kerrell"
wrote:

Now that winter is over and the algie is in full bloom .. so it seems. I was wondering about resalting. Our pond was put in in July of last year. We had added salt to start, now is it time to resalt and how much? Our pond is 1500 gallons. Do I broadcast it or put it throught the filter?
Thanks,
Bill - Pensacola, F

I don't usually add salt this time of year. Fish need relatively
little salt in the water for osmoregulation, but I believe it may be
more beneficial to add .1% salt during the winter when the fish immune
system isn't fully working. The added salt stimulates the slime coat
and helps to ward off parasites as the immune system is waking up when
the water temperature warms back into the 50's. I'm past that this
year and I'm 150 miles North of the Florida border.

For next winter add .888 pounds per hundred gallons for a .1%
solution.

Regards,

Hal

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:32:27 -0600, "Bill Kerrell"
wrote:

Now that winter is over and the algie is in full bloom .. so it seems. I was wondering about resalting. Our pond was put in in July of last year. We had added salt to start, now is it time to resalt and how much? Our pond is 1500 gallons. Do I broadcast it or put it throught the filter?
Thanks,
Bill - Pensacola, F

I don't usually add salt this time of year. Fish need relatively
little salt in the water for osmoregulation, but I believe it may be
more beneficial to add .1% salt during the winter when the fish immune
system isn't fully working. The added salt stimulates the slime coat
and helps to ward off parasites as the immune system is waking up when
the water temperature warms back into the 50's. I'm past that this
year and I'm 150 miles North of the Florida border.

For next winter add .888 pounds per hundred gallons for a .1%
solution.

Regards,

Hal

what is the natural salinity in your water? Ingrid

Hal wrote:
I'm past that this
year and I'm 150 miles North of the Florida border.
Hal



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what is the natural salinity in your water? Ingrid

Hal wrote:
I'm past that this
year and I'm 150 miles North of the Florida border.
Hal



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List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
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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.

OOps I don't know I'll check tho ... Thanks,
Bill
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what is the natural salinity in your water? Ingrid

Hal wrote:
I'm past that this
year and I'm 150 miles North of the Florida border.
Hal



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

OOps I don't know I'll check tho ... Thanks,
Bill
**************
wrote in message
...
what is the natural salinity in your water? Ingrid

Hal wrote:
I'm past that this
year and I'm 150 miles North of the Florida border.
Hal



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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.

There are arguments pro and con on the use of salt. I will stay out of that
argument. Most that use salt routinely will use 0.1% salt. For treating
parasites, the amount needs to be 0.3% and for some of the salt resistant
parasites, 0.6%. The only way to know how much salt to add is to know how
much salt you currently have in your pond. Salt does not evaporate, but is
reduced by water changes. Go to http://www.click2roark.com which require
registration, but a good site, and use the salt calculator.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Bill Kerrell" wrote in message
news:Nf67c.19120$Cf3.4087@lakeread01...
Now that winter is over and the algie is in full bloom .. so it seems. I
was wondering about resalting. Our pond was put in in July of last year. We
had added salt to start, now is it time to resalt and how much? Our pond is
1500 gallons. Do I broadcast it or put it throught the filter?
Thanks,
Bill - Pensacola, FL

There are arguments pro and con on the use of salt. I will stay out of that
argument. Most that use salt routinely will use 0.1% salt. For treating
parasites, the amount needs to be 0.3% and for some of the salt resistant
parasites, 0.6%. The only way to know how much salt to add is to know how
much salt you currently have in your pond. Salt does not evaporate, but is
reduced by water changes. Go to http://www.click2roark.com which require
registration, but a good site, and use the salt calculator.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Bill Kerrell" wrote in message
news:Nf67c.19120$Cf3.4087@lakeread01...
Now that winter is over and the algie is in full bloom .. so it seems. I
was wondering about resalting. Our pond was put in in July of last year. We
had added salt to start, now is it time to resalt and how much? Our pond is
1500 gallons. Do I broadcast it or put it throught the filter?
Thanks,
Bill - Pensacola, FL

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 01:56:56 GMT
"RichToyBox" wrote:

There are arguments pro and con on the use of salt. I will stay out
of that argument. Most that use salt routinely will use 0.1% salt.
For treating parasites, the amount needs to be 0.3% and for some of
the salt resistant parasites, 0.6%. The only way to know how much
salt to add is to know how much salt you currently have in your pond.
Salt does not evaporate, but is reduced by water changes. Go to
http://www.click2roark.com which require registration, but a good
site, and use the salt calculator.--
RichToyBox

Have I mentioned my own solution? (no pun intended, /oh, sure/)
I drop a box of non-iodized salt with the top cut off directly into my
ponds once a year. Water changes remove it over the course of the year
and the fish self-treat by tail-fanning the salt box then swimming
repeatedly through the stirred up areas. No science behind it, but it
works for me. And the fish, I suppose, since they do pretty well.
(Until I do something /else/ stupid like last fall)

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L