2 teaspoons of salt per gallon??

[invisyblegypsey]

oscar, bgk, pictus, l330 pleco and baby dollars. the dollars brought it into my tank. no surprise. i know the pictus can be sensitive to salt but i would be more concerned using a med with my bgk.

BGK aint gonna like it

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

to treat ick? so 150 teaspoons for a 75g. i know thats what i read but it just seems high. do you guys add it all at once or gradually?

2 Teaspoons per gallon is correct, dissolve it in water before adding it to the tank, dont just dump it in...


You can add it all at once during a water change as long as the temperature of the new water is the same as the tank water (+/- 3 degrees). The sudden temp change will have much more effect on the fish than the sudden change in salinity.

REFERENCE: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20681

 

[EVP]

BGK aint gonna like it

he is doing ok with it. still eating like crazy. like i said i would rather put the bgk thru salt treatment than a med. i went with 1 tablesppon per 5 gallons instead of 2 teaspoons per gallon. no signs of ick left except on the new pictus. im setting up another hospital tank for him today.

 

[gonnelro]

Fish can tolerate higher levels of salt than most would think. A lot of people even dose their tank with 1 tbs / 5 gal regularly, although I would recommend against it. Anyways, your fish would be able to handle the 2 teaspoon per gallon for a short period easily, and it would help with the ick, but if the treatment you have already started is working, I guess stay the course. Just know that if you have to you can bump up the salt. I have a bgk and Ive done both before with no problems (both 1 tbs / 5 gal and 2 tsp / 1 gal).

 

[guppy]

The treatment level for ich or costia is 2 teaspoons per gallon, I disolve it in water in a pitcher than pour it into the inflow from the filter so that it gets completely dispersed through the tank. 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons of water is just for tank maintainance levels.

 

[EVP]

Thanks guppy. i went with the 1tablespoon for 5 gallons with heat at a min of 86 and the ich went away. even the pictus that was bad made it.