Salt Question

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Have you guys ever had a problem with adding salt in with your Tang cichlids?

Up untill yesturday my Raganochromis was doing really good. He had some fin nip from the peacock, and one of my fronts had a little nips also. I added salt in the tank and a few hours later I went to go look at the tank and my raganocrhomis face was pink/red and he looked really bad (never seen her like that before) so I took immediatley took her out of the tank and put her in my 30gal (had no salt in it) with a datnoid and to catfish and almost instantly her face got better no more red/pink and she is doing really good now. I am curious if the salt did it, becuase she was fine untill after I put salt into the tank. I thought it was ood so I was curious if anyone has ever had that problem?? or if something else caused it.
 
That's a new one on me Ash. How much salt did you add and what kind of salt was it?
 
not alot, just a little bit in the palm of my hand and made a small circle. It went into a 150gal tank. It was you average api salt from the petstore.
 
that's strange, i've never experienced this before, perhaps somthing contaminated the salt in some way?
 
ruben;1549924; said:
that's strange, i've never experienced this before, perhaps somthing contaminated the salt in some way?
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I dont know, if that were so I would think it would have affected my other fish.
 
Wow thats weird, thats all i use is the API Salt- i dont like and dont agree with any chemicals...and I have never had anything like that or any reall problems with my tanks as alot of people discribe here....So Odd!...and from what I have learned and tryed You could dump the whole 65oz of salt in the tank- It would either do goo or do nuthing but wast money but wouldnt actually hurt anything plants or fish...

The colprate must be somewere else or something else
 
I always keep close eyes on the fish every time I drop salt, meds...and observe any reaction carefully. Salt saved my calvus (which is from Tang) steps away from dead before, and I've been used salt like first aid, but once again, don't walk away (even for a few hours) and keep an eye when use.
 
I wouldn't think that salt would do that. Might have just een a coincidence that you had put the salt in there as the others decided to get rowdy and pick a fight. I just lost a lab the other day and it looked exactly as you described. When I found the lab, it was red/pink in many spots, found that it was too late to save it. Apparently motherhood was just too much for the lab. IMO could be possible fighting/stress :confused:
 
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