An older document, but explains why salt helps fish

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 06 Dec 2020, 05:06

http://fisheries.tamu.edu/files/2013/09 ... ulture.pdf

dw1305 · Post by **dw1305** » 06 Dec 2020, 17:59

Hi all,

bekateen wrote: 06 Dec 2020, 05:06http://fisheries.tamu.edu/files/2013/09 ... ulture.pdf

I'm honestly not sure it helps us a lot.

If you are reduced to using salt (NaCl) to control nitrite (NO2-) poisoning, you really need some help long before that.

The mechanism by which Cl- ion reduces NO2- intake is literally just a numbers game, as the ratio of Cl- to NO2- ion rises the chance of a Cl- ion passing across the gill membrane rises and nitrite poisoning symptoms are "reduced".

It isn't even really a sticking plaster over an open wound, and for me would be emergency triage as a last resort.

cheers Darrel

Viktor Jarikov · Post by **Viktor Jarikov** » 06 Dec 2020, 18:23

When uncycling happens, it is the usual approach to combat NO2- effects temporarily until the nitrification catches up.

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 06 Dec 2020, 19:14

dw1305 wrote: 06 Dec 2020, 17:59If you are reduced to using salt (NaCl) to control nitrite (NO2-) poisoning, you really need some help long before that.

The mechanism by which Cl- ion reduces NO2- intake is literally just a numbers game, as the ratio of Cl- to NO2- ion rises the chance of a Cl- ion passing across the gill membrane rises and nitrite poisoning symptoms are "reduced".

It isn't even really a sticking plaster over an open wound, and for me would be emergency triage as a last resort.

cheers Darrel

All true, and yet people confront "brown blood" problems occasionally. Triage is exactly what it is.

Cheers, Eric

An older document, but explains why salt helps fish

An older document, but explains why salt helps fish

Re: An older document, but explains why salt helps fish

Re: An older document, but explains why salt helps fish

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