Mikey Walnuts Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 So, I feel like this is a no brainer, but is there any reason why you can’t use marine salt like Instant Ocean for medicating fish? I use API aquarium salt at work a lot for medicating fish and it’s always a pain in the butt dissolving it. I use Instant Ocean at home for BBS and it dissolves easily. The only issue I could see is it raising the PH more than API. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 12, 2020 Administrators Share Posted November 12, 2020 Typically you don't do it because it'll skyrocket ph and hardness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck AquaTropix Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 14 hours ago, Mikey Walnuts said: So, I feel like this is a no brainer, but is there any reason why you can’t use marine salt like Instant Ocean for medicating fish? I use API aquarium salt at work a lot for medicating fish and it’s always a pain in the butt dissolving it. I use Instant Ocean at home for BBS and it dissolves easily. The only issue I could see is it raising the PH more than API. I sometimes use Reef salt as therapy for my african cichlids and i must say that it works really well. Not sure I would use it on fish that prefer softer water however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I read an article on using aquarium salt, kosher salt, or non-iodized plain table salt, and an easy way to dissolve it is to heat a quart of water to about 100, dissolve the salt in that, let it cool down if necessary, then mix into a gallon of additional water and pour that slowly into your tank. This was done in a 10-gallon tank, so if you have a larger tank it might have to be done in several smaller steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Walnuts Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 Thanks everybody. I think I’m just going to stick with the salt we have and maybe pick up a cheap electric kettle to boil some water to dissolve the salt in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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