One of my rays has been injured on top of her disk. It is only a small abrasion. Not sure what has done it, may have been the male? She is not bothered by it and eating fine and acting normal. I only noticed it yesterday so a new wound. I hope it will heal by irself as i have 2 U.V running on the tank. BUT if it does get worse and i need to treat, what kind of salt do i use and how much per UK gallon?
What kind of salt to use?
- Thread starter jim barry
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Something like this, although not sure what's available in the UK:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754001&f=PAD/psNotAvailInUS/No
Follow directions on the box for volume.
I would go ahead and add now rather than waiting for it to get worse.
This is important - be sure to dissolve the salt in a jar of water before adding to the tank. Undissolved salt crystals will burn the ray if it touches the disk.
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754001&f=PAD/psNotAvailInUS/No
Follow directions on the box for volume.
I would go ahead and add now rather than waiting for it to get worse.
This is important - be sure to dissolve the salt in a jar of water before adding to the tank. Undissolved salt crystals will burn the ray if it touches the disk.
you only need to add salt if there is actually a problem and the rays are really tough provided the water there in is good.
ive seen loads of damage on rays and in almost all cases its gotten better on its own.
if you do really need to add salt then you can check my thread on stumpy but i would and do only add anything if i think it cant get better on its own, if this is the case then ...
you need to use salt with no addatives (most food grade salts have an anticaking agent in dont use the ones with anti caking agents in)
aparently kosha salt doesnt have any additives but if you cant find it then marine salt is fine. ( in your local pet store for marine tanks )
as for the dosage you will probably get mixed answers and different dosages can be used for different things.
if you look for my thread on stumpy i listed the salt details i used at the time there . i used a little more than was recomended by some so i wont be suprised if people say its too much but i did research as much as i could and stumpy is still alive and well today.
i think in the end i went with 6grams / liter of water but you have to increase to this concentration slowley and not add all the salt at once.
instead mix a bit at a time out of the tank and add the salty concentrate to the tank over a longer period (like 1g/liter increase every 12 hrs untill you get to the required concentration).
for a 240 liter tank you would need 240grams of salt to make 1g/liter. in 12 hrs add another 240 grams of salt to get 2g/liter then in another 12hrs add another 240grams to make the overall concentration 3g/liter. etc etc to the required dosage.
if you do a water change (and i imagine you will be to make sure the water is tip top for the poorly fish) you can calculate how much salt you need to add to get back to the same level but you should be lowering the salt level after two weeks ( i just stopped topping up the salt when i did water changes).
hope it helps
ive seen loads of damage on rays and in almost all cases its gotten better on its own.
if you do really need to add salt then you can check my thread on stumpy but i would and do only add anything if i think it cant get better on its own, if this is the case then ...
you need to use salt with no addatives (most food grade salts have an anticaking agent in dont use the ones with anti caking agents in)
aparently kosha salt doesnt have any additives but if you cant find it then marine salt is fine. ( in your local pet store for marine tanks )
as for the dosage you will probably get mixed answers and different dosages can be used for different things.
if you look for my thread on stumpy i listed the salt details i used at the time there . i used a little more than was recomended by some so i wont be suprised if people say its too much but i did research as much as i could and stumpy is still alive and well today.
i think in the end i went with 6grams / liter of water but you have to increase to this concentration slowley and not add all the salt at once.
instead mix a bit at a time out of the tank and add the salty concentrate to the tank over a longer period (like 1g/liter increase every 12 hrs untill you get to the required concentration).
for a 240 liter tank you would need 240grams of salt to make 1g/liter. in 12 hrs add another 240 grams of salt to get 2g/liter then in another 12hrs add another 240grams to make the overall concentration 3g/liter. etc etc to the required dosage.
if you do a water change (and i imagine you will be to make sure the water is tip top for the poorly fish) you can calculate how much salt you need to add to get back to the same level but you should be lowering the salt level after two weeks ( i just stopped topping up the salt when i did water changes).
hope it helps
No need for salt if you start adding it after every little bite you may as well keep your tank like a brackish tank
No salt ever added and they ALWAYS healed just fine
the uv stops fungus or infection
If breeding is your goal get ready for a lot of damage bd are the most aggressive I have found you need to let it roll and only removing the male if the female stops feeding
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No need for salt if you start adding it after every little bite you may as well keep your tank like a brackish tank
No salt ever added and they ALWAYS healed just fine
the uv stops fungus or infection
If breeding is your goal get ready for a lot of damage bd are the most aggressive I have found you need to let it roll and only removing the male if the female stops feeding
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Aquarium salt is not the same salt used to make water brackish. I recommend using salt for abrasions
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No need for salt I take it the marks on Jim's ray is a lot less than what I have seen in the past and I have never used salt
In the wild if a fish gets damaged no one treats the whole river with salt
Any problems everyone always says add salt and turn up the temp
I always used to keep my temp high so never needed it if you have good clean water no need to add salt
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