Salt!

peterhaack · Post by **peterhaack** » 04 Jul 2005, 20:46

Is all Ls in need of salt or not if they are how much should i add.
Is there any Ls that dont want salt?
Thanks in advance

/Peter

Post by **Shane** » 04 Jul 2005, 20:49

By "Ls" I take it you mean loricariids? No loricariids tolerate salt very well.
-Shane

peterhaack · Post by **peterhaack** » 04 Jul 2005, 22:30

If my L-X got oodium. What is the best med. for them ive got at home Formalin, Methylen blue, malachit green and briljant green help me please

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 04 Jul 2005, 23:21

That's all very "old fashioned" and quite toxic stuff; better get some good quality brands of true fish-medications instead of trying chemical experiments.

catfish are very bad guinnee-pigs when it comes to trying out chemicals; they're often quite sensitive to copper-ions or complexes; malachite green is one of those.

formalyn is nice to keep dead cats well conservated, it's sometimes used as a "dip" against gillflukes*, but it's not effective for oodinium, nor suited to treat a fishtank with.

*haven't got a clue about concentration or duration-time for the "dip" btw; I use a wellknown fish-medic against flukes.

peterhaack · Post by **peterhaack** » 06 Jul 2005, 22:36

But Formalin and malachit green ARE used in most of the medecin that u find in local stores..
And oodium medecin cointains cupper...