Epsom Salt?

[MrRngr94]

I've heard of people using epsom salt in their tanks. What are the pros and cons of this? Is it basicly like aquarium salt?

 

[Oddball]

Epsom salt is the 'old school' treatment for bloat/dropsy. It's still used today if Metronidazol isn't available for timely treatment.

 

[MrRngr94]

How did I know that you'd answer this for me?

So if I have a brackish tank I should use aquarium salt and not epsom, right?

 

[Oddball]

If you have species with specific magnesium requirements, you can augment the tank's salinity with epsom salt. Otherwise, just use marine mix for alkaline brack setups or straight table/rock salt for neutral brack setups (usually for areas with already high pH from the tap) .

 

[Nic]

id use marine salt to make brackish water if that is what you are doing more trace elements

 

[Oddball]

Adding marine mix for trace element additives is a pipe dream. The system will use all the trace elements up quickly. Unless you want to constantly replace the marine mix, I'd recommend using a trace element restorative additive to bolster the system between costly water changes.

 

[gomezladdams]

Alot of people use a mix of epsom tablesalt potassium chloride and baking soda as a "rift lake" buffer mix,my shellies had stopped breeding I started using the mix and now theyre breeding again