Aquarium Salt

[wesleydnunder]

Epsom salt can be maintained in tank water with no ill effects for the fish. I have it in my tank always and my fish are healthy, hungry and grow fast.

Malawi and Tanganyika both have a high TDS, of which magnesium makes up almost 9 ppm and around 43 ppm respectively. Addition of magnesium to the tank up to those values comes closer to duplicating lake conditions.

Mark

[TexSun]

salts are ionic compounds (metal & nonmetal), with that definition & our handy periodic table, one can see the abundance of salts there are.

Googling led me to a site where a guy created his own salt blend.
Something like: ocean salt / epsom / baking soda.

[TexSun]

Googling led me to a site where a guy created his own salt blend.
Something like: ocean salt / epsom / baking soda.

The suggested ratio was 1/1/2. I was researching tropheus stuff...

[danielp]

I visited API's web site marsfishcare.com and took a look at the msds sheet.

This stuff is sodium chloride.

[eklikewhoa]

Sodium chloride is what aquarium salt is - used to help gill function, help fish deal with nitrogen cycle issues, creates a less lethal Nitrite stage etc.

Magnesium Sulfate is epsom salt - is not a salt but a mineral which will increase hardness, help with digestion, swim bladder issues etc.


Two different things and not both salts.

[mistahoo]

Thanks for clearing that up. I think I heard about the two being different but it seems I have a memory of a senile old person.

It does work as a laxative but any salt will...

When I use regular salt, it doesn't act as a laxative. The fish poo normally after a loooong while, but once I put in Epson salt, the tank is loaded with poo in minutes!