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Salt in an aquarium
Posted By: Alistair <alistair.mckerr3@virgin.net> In Response To: Re: Clown loach with ick (Liza)
Date: Tuesday, 13 October 1998, at 8:34 a.m.
As far as I have been able to find out a weak salt water solution has a *mild* antiseptic effect in addition to promoting the growth of the natural slime coat a fish produces. The healthy slime coat helps prevent parasitic infection and the mild antiseptic helps heal any open or growing cysts from the ich parasite. Salt is also mildly toxic in its own right to some parasites.
My experience of plants is that they are much more sensitive to the amount of light (look for the measure of lumens per sq metre) than salt. To create enough light for natural plants I had to make the tank too bright, rebuild the hood to hold up to 3+ tubes, or make the tank too overgrown to be able to see my clowns. I have gone for a more "rocky" tyle tank with some more authentic looking plastic plants. This way I can see my loaches perform (and how these new ones love to perform!) and I don't have any dying plants. Its a choice I made that you may not want to. If you want more info on lighting have a look at the info page @ http://www.thekrib.com. There is a lot of info on lighting & plants - enough to make you see double in no time! This is one of the reasons I took the easy route.
I also keep an Angel, danios and cory cats in the same slightly salty tank @ 82F and everyone seems very happy. The antics of the clowns and the Angel are quite comical at times. Sounds like you might have caught the ick in time. Good luck.
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