clown loach

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yea salt at some rate is good for all fish.it turns out i woke this mornin to find my betta with a big white spot on his head.so im not even sure it is a fish killing them now.i have a crap<<< load of snails but do not want 3 more clowns.i should just feed like once every other day then for two weeks.i always worry im starvin the fish.what is the white spot on my betta?white spot disease.i havent noticved any others with it.help:)
 
grnmtnlwrdr;1653222; said:
yea salt at some rate is good for all fish.
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I disagree. Salt will do far more harm than help just by using it long-term on all tanks containing fish that are neither brackish nor marine. Loaches do not require salt nor do other freshwater fish. Save it for ich cases only. Salt is not present in most habitats, most particularly where soft, acidic waters are concerned so I do not see how salt plays an important role in the health of the fish, most especially when the term "all" was used.
 
grnmtnlwrdr;1653222; said:
yea salt at some rate is good for all fish.it turns out i woke this mornin to find my betta with a big white spot on his head.so im not even sure it is a fish killing them now.i have a crap<<< load of snails but do not want 3 more clowns.i should just feed like once every other day then for two weeks.i always worry im starvin the fish.what is the white spot on my betta?white spot disease.i havent noticved any others with it.help:)
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Do you have a photo of the betta?
 
salt is not good for all fish, esp. soft water sp. like loaches (not shure how to say multiple loach!). also keeping loaches with livebeares is a bad idea since most loaches eg.clown are soft water sp. while livebeares are hard water sp.
 
well im new-er to the hobby,the guy at the fish store told me about the salt.i add it with water changes sometimes.how do i tell hard water from soft as far as fish go.how would i know loaches are soft and l.b. hard?or do yall just know from experience?is it a certain area or water,a little confused on how to tell the difference.mollies can be converted tho to straight salt, isnt that the opposite of hard?more salt-the softer?harder less salt?what is the diff?ive never kept track of fish as per hard or soft water.i think i have whitespot, but the closest fish store is like an hour from here.anything else i can do to help that situation, i cant get to the store till friday.thanks for the help.
 
grnmtnlwrdr;1664307; said:
well im new-er to the hobby,the guy at the fish store told me about the salt.i add it with water changes sometimes.how do i tell hard water from soft as far as fish go.how would i know loaches are soft and l.b. hard?or do yall just know from experience?is it a certain area or water,a little confused on how to tell the difference.mollies can be converted tho to straight salt, isnt that the opposite of hard?more salt-the softer?harder less salt?what is the diff?ive never kept track of fish as per hard or soft water.i think i have whitespot, but the closest fish store is like an hour from here.anything else i can do to help that situation, i cant get to the store till friday.thanks for the help.
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What the guy told you is only a myth which is not to be believed. As far as checking the hardness levels, you'll need a GH and a KH test kit for that. KH is carbonate hardness whereas GH is general hardness. There are certain areas where water is soft and others, hard.

What do you mean "straight salt"? It's the salinity level that needs to be checked before introducing mollies to brackish or marine conditions.
 
You need to test KH and GH to see if your water is hard or not. I have seen Mollies in salt water also. A guy at a LFS raised them and uses the fry to feed pipefish. I think he might sell them as a cycling fish as opposed to damsels.
 
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