DO I HAVE TO USE AQUARIUM SALT OR...?

[FISHY FINGAZ]

MAY B A STUPID QUESTION BUT.......
CAN I USE ANY KIND OF SALT IN MY TANK TO SUBSTITUTE AQUARIUM SALT? (EPSOM,SEA SALT, REGULAR GRANULATED TABLE SALT?) IS IT ALL THE SAME THING? I DONT HAVE ANY AQUARIUM SALT BUT I DO GOT THIS STUFF CALEED "MORTON'S SEA SALT" THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN IODIDE. ANYWAYS WILL THIS STUFF WORK UNTIL I GET SOME AQUARIUM SALT?

 

[dmopar74]

aquarium salt is a rip-off, you can by 40-50lb bags of water softener salt at hd/lowes for about $5.

 

[FISHY FINGAZ]

does it serve the same purpose? what about the stuff i juss showed on here?

 

[Lupin]

No need to dose your tank with salt unless you are treating for ich outbreaks. Even with nitrite intoxication, a better solution for that issue would be water changes than adding salt. And no, not all kinds of salt are the same. "Aquarium" salt will always be a ripoff to me. The iodide and other additives included in table salt are safe contrary to the myth spewed around to debunk its use as it is a cheaper alternative.

 

[Chris E]

The only thing epsom salt will do is kill all your fish, so may not be the best choice to add to your tank. It is actually magnesium sulphate.

 

[WarrendaFish]

why do you consider aquarium salt a rip off?

Just curious, not trying to quabble.

 

[dmopar74]

why do you consider aquarium salt a rip off?

Just curious, not trying to quabble.

aquarium salt is a rip-off, you can by 40-50lb bags of water softener salt at hd/lowes for about $5.

its the same thing.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

I would stick with aquarium salt

 

[FISHY FINGAZ]

UNTIL I CAN GET THE WATER SOFTENER SALT WILL THE SEA SALT THAT I SHOWED WOR. THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO ADD SALT IS TO WORK AS TONIC, AND KEEP THEYRE GILLS HEALTHY, AND KEEP THE FUNGUS AWAY ALL THE GOOS STUFF. AS FAR AS WATER SOFTENER SALT GOES ANY BRANDS IN PATICULAR YOU RECOMMEND?

 

[FISHY FINGAZ]

MY BADD " ALL THAT GOOD STUFF"