Salt for Flowerhorn

[Saintsaber]

Sorry im a newby but how much salt should i add to my 60 gallon flowerhorn tank?

And another question how much pellets should i feed my flowerhorn?

I have hakiri pellets medium size and i feed him about 7 pellets each feeding (2 feedings a day) its like its around 7-9 inchs. male

 

[Water]

1 teaspoon for every 10 gallons.



Feeding about 10-15 pellets sounds about right.

 

[hamfist]

Adding salt is a contentious area really. Personally, I do not add salt, and see no need to add salt. These are freshwater fish. With a decent tank hygeine schedule, fresh clean water is enough, and ideal.

As for feeding, there is a fair bit of weight difference between a 7" nad a 9" FH. For a 7" FH, I'd say your feeding is about right. For a 9" FH, I'd be wanting to give at least another 50% on top of that.

 

[RD.]

^

What he said ...

 

[Saintsaber]

Do i add the 1 teaspoon of salt every water change (2 a week) or every week?

 

[HungDang]

you should add salt when do the water change ! the amount of salt depend on how much water change.

 

[Lupin]

Why are you adding salt? There is no reason why you should unless your fish are ill.

 

[RD.]

Exactly.



[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]The Use of salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) in the freshwater aquarium. http://aquascienceresearch.com/APInfo/Salt.htm[/FONT]

Please read the link above before adding salt to your tank, your fish will thank you for it.

 

[Saintsaber]

I think my fish was injured during transporting into tank it looks like it has fungus on its pectoral fins and it looks like fungus or and injury. (cant post photo every time i try its fins doesnt appear on camera.

 

[Lupin]

Okay, you may try separating the fish in a hospital tank and add a teaspoon per gallon of salt. Keep it until wound heals.