The redness appears to be improving and he is active again. Quick question, do I add salt every day or only when I do a water change?
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Good. Hopefully you didn't use too much; too little I am not too worried about at this stage.
The only way for salt to leave your tank is with WC's. So, if you wanna keep it in your tank at the same concentration, add the proportionate amount after the WC.
The only way for salt to leave your tank is with WC's. So, if you wanna keep it in your tank at the same concentration, add the proportionate amount after the WC.
At the face value, this statement is not true by any means. Existence of marine catfish family Ariidae alone disproves it. Many f/w cats visit estuaries regularly or even inhabit them. Finally, I have no such experience and neither have I heard a known, reputable expert to state this.
There is really no such thing as dosage - salt is used at wide range of concentrations. Surely, one needs to be careful with any fish, not just cats.
There is really no such thing as dosage - salt is used at wide range of concentrations. Surely, one needs to be careful with any fish, not just cats.
I am under the impression that you have to let their osmotic pressure adjust to the salinity levels so that their body can adequately hydrate/dehydrate depending on the environment they are in. Fresh water the fish has a higher concentration of salt in their bodies and have to constantly dispose of urine to keep the toxicity levels in their body down. Salt water they have to do the oposit. Since in salt water water is constantly being pulled out of their bodies the osmotic regulation states they would have to drink to stay hydrated. You would want to slowly increase the salinity during treatment and after treatment is over you will slowly want to do water changes over time to get rid of the salinity levels. You don't want your fish to go into osmotic shock.
