finrot of too much salt

about a week ago, I notice a spit fin on one of the golds.
the my girlfriend pointed out that three more had similar splits. I did some
research and came to the conclusion
that it was either fin rot or too much salt.
correct me if I am wrong, it seems like finrot is a complex thing to treat
because usually it the result of several thing going wrong in the aquarium
or pond. and if you have a ammo problem or ph issue fixing it is easier said
that done
all the while the state of your gf deteriorating. I was hoping it wasn't
finrot cause I read that it can eat into your fishes body. I think it was
too much salt because I
don't really have good way of measuring salt dosages.



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fin rot is usually due to poor water quality, but can also be due to spawning (fin
splitting). and yes, too much salt can be a problem as can salt CREEP. which is
when small regular water changes are done and evaporation is gradually increasing the
amount of "salts" (generic term covering several types of salt) and other things very
slowly increase in concentration.
doing 50% water changes for a week will get rid of excess salts. which is why the
treatment for fin rot or splitting is water changes with a bit of salt. with no test
at all, 2-50% water changes are done, then salt is added to 0.1% and water changes
are done to the end of the week, at which time there should be almost no salt in the
water at all.
aquatic pharm has a pond test kit for salt. thatpetplace.com has it IIRC.
salt over 0.2% over the long term can cause splitting of fins. Ingrid

"r" wrote:
about a week ago, I notice a spit fin on one of the golds.
the my girlfriend pointed out that three more had similar splits. I did some
research and came to the conclusion
that it was either fin rot or too much salt.
correct me if I am wrong, it seems like finrot is a complex thing to treat
because usually it the result of several thing going wrong in the aquarium
or pond. and if you have a ammo problem or ph issue fixing it is easier said
that done
all the while the state of your gf deteriorating. I was hoping it wasn't
finrot cause I read that it can eat into your fishes body. I think it was
too much salt because I
don't really have good way of measuring salt dosages.



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