I sometimes use 4-5 LB of salt per 100G in my system, can an Arowana handle that level of salt in the water ? and for how long ? Thank you for your help. 
How well do Arowana deal with salt ?
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why would you put that much salt anyway? are you treating the tank for something?
arowanas can tolerate salt but i'd i'm not sure how much and for how long though.. i've tried putting a 300 gms of salt in a 180 gal tank for about a week to treat something and my black aro then had no problems with it
arowanas can tolerate salt but i'd i'm not sure how much and for how long though.. i've tried putting a 300 gms of salt in a 180 gal tank for about a week to treat something and my black aro then had no problems with it
edotero said:
It's ok to use salt, but you're using waaayy too much!
If you're treating an illness like ick (ich) you should use up to 2 tablespoons per gallon of water. You will find many different opinions on how much to use, but I wouldn't add all that at once. I would personally increase the level of salt slowly over time until you get it where you want it.
Just my 2c...
JB
way too much salt y so much you want brackish or what????? i use 1/4 what you use and my aros do great
I dont think Ive use that much salt over the coarse of my fish keeping years. Def way to much, unless your doing Brackish or Strickly salt.edotero said:I sometimes use 4-5 LB of salt per 100G in my system, can an Arowana handle that level of salt in the water ? and for how long ? Thank you for your help.
You need at lease 3LB per 100G for Parasite Treatments. That would only bring the salt level to .03 %.
thats still way to much salt they say only one tablespoon full per 5 gallons thats to treat parasites and the normal levels i dont know where you get your info but that sounds like way to much remember aros can be touchy and their not brackish
Sorry that would be .3%.
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Salt is a superior remedy for many different reasons, many of which will show up in a search of this website and in the book I extoll this remedy even more.
Kosher salt, Sea Salt, Non-Iodized Table, Rock and Ice Cream Salts are acceptable. Do not use salt intended for livestock if it contains any minerals or trace elements.
Caution! No YPS or Yellow Prussiate of Soda should be in the salt. Prussic Acid is hazardous to fish because it dissociates into Prussic Acid in water!
Add the salt all at once if fish are dying off rapidly
Add one pound per hundred gallons, per day, for three days if fish are merely sick. This avoids occasional filter-shock. (2-3 day nitrite spike)
Will not harm hardy Lilies, common Papyrus, or Irises. Will cause yellowing of Hyacinths, Celery and Water Lettuce, but will kill Anachris, String Algae, Cabomba and Elodea.
Strengths
3 pounds per hundred gallons = 0.3%
6 pounds per hundred gallons = 0.6%
Pull sensitive plants to baby-pool and treat with Formalin in this. (25 ppm 8-12 hours)
Leave salt in the pond for 14 days minimum, then remove by partial water changes over subsequent weeks.
Note From Doc Johnson
"I am always absolutely sure to read every ingredient in the salt I am using. I do NOT take it for granted tha my time honored favorite brand of salt is still being made with the SAME anti-caking agent as always. They *do* change these ingredients occasionally and the addition of Yellow Prussiate of Soda (YPS) can cause death fairly rapidly in soft water!" ~ Doc Johnson
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Salt is a superior remedy for many different reasons, many of which will show up in a search of this website and in the book I extoll this remedy even more.
Kosher salt, Sea Salt, Non-Iodized Table, Rock and Ice Cream Salts are acceptable. Do not use salt intended for livestock if it contains any minerals or trace elements.
Caution! No YPS or Yellow Prussiate of Soda should be in the salt. Prussic Acid is hazardous to fish because it dissociates into Prussic Acid in water!
Add the salt all at once if fish are dying off rapidly
Add one pound per hundred gallons, per day, for three days if fish are merely sick. This avoids occasional filter-shock. (2-3 day nitrite spike)
Will not harm hardy Lilies, common Papyrus, or Irises. Will cause yellowing of Hyacinths, Celery and Water Lettuce, but will kill Anachris, String Algae, Cabomba and Elodea.
Strengths
3 pounds per hundred gallons = 0.3%
6 pounds per hundred gallons = 0.6%
Pull sensitive plants to baby-pool and treat with Formalin in this. (25 ppm 8-12 hours)
Leave salt in the pond for 14 days minimum, then remove by partial water changes over subsequent weeks.
Note From Doc Johnson
"I am always absolutely sure to read every ingredient in the salt I am using. I do NOT take it for granted tha my time honored favorite brand of salt is still being made with the SAME anti-caking agent as always. They *do* change these ingredients occasionally and the addition of Yellow Prussiate of Soda (YPS) can cause death fairly rapidly in soft water!" ~ Doc Johnson