True or False

[dejavu69]

Is it true if u have feeders in a saltwater tank it will keep them healtier?? I was just curious some kid at the lfs told me this!!

 

[bluedempsey]

what kind of feeders........ guppys?

 

[Apocalypse]

They will die.

 

[Vitaliy]

I think he was trying to say that adding salt to a tank that has feeders in it makes them healthier as salt usually takes care of many diseases and parasites. That is true, and raising temperature to about 82F helps too.

Full salt? That is ridicilous.

 

[dejavu69]

he was talking about sea salt so was he wrong??

 

[redtailfool]

Salt and high temp is really limited in the types of maladies it could cure.
But it wouldnt hurt to put salt in a feeder tank , worse case at least you
have an effective cure for ich.

Youd be out of luck if the feeders carried parasites or other disease that salt
cant cure.

 

[rallysman]

it depends on how much salt he was talking about

 

[dejavu69]

he told me half of wat the direction said

 

[sohfatfish]

Around 0.1%salt is alright but not full sea water.

 

[Peanut_Power]

Actually you can convert mollies to complete salt.....I've done it several times...takes a few hours...but its doable...it seems a bit harder converting them back....make great feeders though!