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An older document, but explains why salt helps fish
Posted: 06 Dec 2020, 05:06
by bekateen
Re: An older document, but explains why salt helps fish
Posted: 06 Dec 2020, 17:59
by dw1305
Hi all,
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
Re: An older document, but explains why salt helps fish
Posted: 06 Dec 2020, 18:23
by Viktor Jarikov
When uncycling happens, it is the usual approach to combat NO2- effects temporarily until the nitrification catches up.
Re: An older document, but explains why salt helps fish
Posted: 06 Dec 2020, 19:14
by bekateen
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