Lion Salt
Should you use aquarium salt with african cichlids?
Is it ok to add some aquarium salt to an African cichlid tank? I have about 25 1″-1.5″ African cichlids! (red zebra, kenyi, auratus,lions cove, zebra OB)! They are doing fine, my pet store has salt in their cichlid aquarium, and said it was okay to put in your aquarium, to help eliminate disease. Is this true? Thanks in advance!
All fish need salt, that includes cories and other scaleless fish. They just don’t need as much as others. I know the old outdated information always says, don’t use salt with these types of fish, but recent university studies have been showing, this assumption is mislead and not entirely accurate. ALL fish, again need salt. How much and the levels to use just vary is all. It’s also important to consider the role all the different types of salts there are, and the role they play in mineralization, electrolyte balance, as well as redox in a closed enviroment like a tank.
I keep and breed quite a few different types of Africans myself. I have a group of 2 male and 4 female Kenyi maturing now, haven’t bred for me just yet, but my tank is going on three years running now, and I’ve been using API salt, and sometimes even Rift Lake salts as well. Again, keep in mind, this is YA and anyone and everyone can post and put up information. There is no screening on accurate information here, but I will give you some articles to read over, and you make up your mind from there.
Is it ok to add? Sure is, add as directed on the container. Are you going to hurt anything? Not likely at all unless you over dose.
Salts do help not so much in elimination, as there are tons of different pathogens out there. Some it will help kill off, but what I think more important, is just what I said above. It helps keep proper electrolyte balances, improves Redox, adds new minerals that otherwise do not get replaced, and helps with osmoregulation.
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumKH.html
http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2006/12/how-do-fish-drink.html
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Redox_Potential.html
http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2008/03/salt-in-freshwater-aquariums.html
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