Do Frontosas Need Salt?

[KindredSpirit]

It's my preference. Especially since I buy WC groups for breeding purposes. Spending a few hundred on salt and substrate setups isn't difficult when striving to provide the best environment possible for thousands of $$ in Samazi, Karilani, Kitumba, Nangu, Mpimbwe, etc. strains of fronts and several strains of Tropheus.

I can understand that ~ thanks!

I only use aquaraium salt when I do water changes.

Thank You!

 

[krichardson]

I can understand that ~ thanks!





Thank You!

No problem and I see Odballs point since he is getting wild caught fish and he can see a difference in color when he adds his salt.I guess I should have asked you which kind of salt you were referring to as there are different types for different uses on the market.

 

[q_fish]

i dink u should get some crush coral to get some PH up.. add the lake tang. salt mix or regular aquarium salt should do it. but i dunnoz which one.. i only use aquarium salt.. im get crush coral to raise my PH.. =)

 

[Red Devil]

I only use aquaraium salt when I do water changes.

Same as i do .. i add as per water changes.. and it is always so far enough..

 

[KindredSpirit]

.I guess I should have asked you which kind of salt you were referring to as there are different types for different uses on the market.

For my Discus we always have used table salt when necessary. And here are my Fronts which have been very content for almost 2.5 years...but I was reading about the salt regarding them.

 

[Red Devil]

It is okay now except the whole form was wayyyy over to the right.. beautiful fronts and discus and nice pics... awesome tank.. what i use is aquarium salt.. i used to use lake malawi salt but it seemed to clog up filters .. it is mostly the minerals that they need.. such as calcium.. etc.. look up { Lake Tangkanika Info and you will see alot of info on the water perimeters there ..i found this info on the lake.. Lake Tanganyika is a deep lake, with some parts exceeding the depths of 4,820 feet (1470 m). Unlike other lakes of its size, the water of Lake Tanganyika does circulate and a thermocline is not created. This phenomenon gives rise to a theory that Lake Tanganyika could, at its extreme depths, be heated by the earth's core. Even though the lake has a, relatively speaking, uniform temperature, most fish species only inhabit the first 450 feet (137 m) from the water's surface.
The surface temperature of Lake Tanganyika ranges from 73-88°F (23-31°C), although most fish inhabit areas with a temperature from 75-84°F (24-29°C). The water is medium hard with a dH from 7-11, and the pH varies from 7.8 to 8.8.
Lake Tanganyika cichlids have adapted to the ecological niches of the lake in order to survive. Thus cichlids of Lake Tanganyika vary greatly in body shape, unlike the uniform shape of their counterparts in Lake Malawi. Feeding habits of Lake Tanganyika cichlids also differ. An interesting example of a specialization of feeding behavior, is the eating of the scales and fins of other fish.Axelrod 1993). It is almost impossible to simulate these conditions in the home aquarium but an alkaline pH should be maintained by the addition of a coral gravel and Tuffa rock. Some keepers even add marine salt to the aquarium at 4.5g/litre. Anyway the more i seem to look up about the subject the more contradictation i found in the info.. i am going to keep adding a little with each water change as i have.Just don't want to change anything as long as they are doing so well..i could always go for more blue though...

 

[Crispy]

I don't use salt with my kigomas. They are thriving and breeding for me. They are tank bred themselves though, and have never had salt in their water. Wild caught may be a different story.

 

[Red Devil]

your water must be just right for them.. love to see them.. and those babies..congradulations...

 

[KindredSpirit]

Just don't want to change anything as long as they are doing so well..i could always go for more blue though...

That is how I feel. Why fix it if it isn't broke type thing. And yes, more blue is always a good thing. I don't have the best Fronts, as they are ubari, something like that ~ they were a gift from a friend and from a good resource off of Cyphos.com.

I love them!

 

[KindredSpirit]

I don't use salt with my kigomas. They are thriving and breeding for me. They are tank bred themselves though, and have never had salt in their water. Wild caught may be a different story.

Yeah ~ lots of folks on my other sites do not use salt at all either ~ but there are many that do.

Matter of preference I suppose!