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« on: July 30, 2010, 08:32:19 pm »
I was reading Albert's suggestion for salting the fish tank about 35 oz per 250 gals.
I haven't put any salt in my tanks for almost 1 year and now I have another 300 gal FT with some white tilapia that I want to breed.
Just double checking the amount needed for a 300 gal. tank x 2, I guess it sounds like 5 pounds will that be a safe assumption?
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2010, 09:34:49 pm »
im not sure where i got 35oz per 250gallons, i think its supposed to be 3.5oz per 100 gallons.
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2010, 08:27:57 pm »
Why are you salting the water?  Are the fish sick?
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2010, 09:23:33 pm »
A while ago I noticed some of the fish with lesions and some other skin disorders and I think I threw a pinch of salt and haven't checked them ever since they all seem to be doing ok, they are always hungry, once in a while a see a couple of them with some weird looking discoloration and I wonder if they are rough to each other or get beat up by the bigger ones
I just got some golden tilapia and want to make sure they all stay healthy , besides, I don't think it will hurt either the fish or the plants....Will it?
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« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2010, 12:08:55 am »
Salt is VERY bad for plants.  If you salt the water because fish are sick you need to change the water after they get better.  Salt will never leave the system unless you do a water change. 

Test for NITRITES. If your fish look funny and have lesions I'd be willing to get its nitirites. 
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« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2010, 12:17:22 am »
i have some amount of salt in all of my tanks.  supposedly strawberry reacts badly to salt, so i guess the amount i put in is not enough to kill the strawberry plants.
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150 gal rubbermaid and 3 half 55 gallon GB, 2 rubbermaid GB
160 gallon pond
2x250 galon IBC
300 gallon monster tank
plants: chinese taro, lilikoi, roma tomato, manoa lettuce, strawberry, kale, bok choy, swiss chard, celery, chinese parsley, eggplant, okinawan sweet potato, watercress, cabbage, and azolla
fish: 1 feeder comet, 6 blue tilapia, 9 gold tilapia, 200 fingerlings, 300 fry, 13 chinese catfish, 3 koi, 1 malaysian prawn
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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 08:46:19 am »
Just put about 1/2 lb of salt in the system with 2x 300 gal FTs and 4x growbeds, It should not be too bad
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