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Bizzaro
Koi Lover

Aug 2, 2006, 2:23 PM

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Should i add all 60 gal worth of salt which is 12 Tablespoons of it into my tank? Its asking for One TableSpoon of salt for every 5 gals. Im to bumb to tranlate thos matric stuff. I have a 60 Gal tank. Just adding Salt to see if i can help my koi


utsuri
Koi Lover

Aug 3, 2006, 1:21 AM

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How many koi do you have? How big are they? what are your water conditons? Clear does not count.
Are your fish sick?

These things will tell us if you need salt at all.

If you were to use salt use aquarium salt for certain. I would recommend the addition be slowly. 1/3rd of the total salt volume needed per day. One treatment is all you need unless you remove water. Then only treat the aquarium for the water you have replaced and not the whole volume of the aquarium.


Bizzaro
Koi Lover

Aug 3, 2006, 5:54 AM

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Well i have 7 koi biggest one is only 5inch, I only added 4TBS of the salt last night. Does the salt go away after time? Or is it in the water? if i want to take out all the salt do i just do water changes? The salt i got was just in a bag no really info on how to use it just how to add it to your tank.


drcheang
Koi Lover


Aug 3, 2006, 10:45 AM

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Dear Bizzaro,
If ur pond is 60 US gallon, then is 227.12L. To increase 0.1% of salt u need 1 g of salt per 1 L.. so u need 227g for every 0.1% salt in ur pond.. u need 0.3 to 0.6% for treatment.. so I recommand 1 kg of salt in 3 devided dose over 3 days.. that will give u about 0.45% intotal..After 1 week change water 10% every week.. then u will be alright.
Cheang


utsuri
Koi Lover

Aug 3, 2006, 10:42 PM

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Salt will not remove its self from your system. Water changes will do that. When water evaporates the salt stays so topping off does not remove it either.

Bingo on the dosage.


zoul
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Aug 4, 2006, 3:14 AM

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so i gotta ask whats wrong with the fish that makes you wanna add salt to the tank? and what makes you think salt will help ?

every one to their own some people add salt personally i don't like it in my pond but hey what do i know.


Bizzaro
Koi Lover

Aug 4, 2006, 4:46 AM

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Im tring anything to anything to help my dieing koi... find my other post. Well i added 6 tablespoons of it 2 days ago for half the tank. but i took out 10gal and added new water Cond. to the tank so that should take me down to 4? cuz 1table spoon was for 5gals? should i add another 2table spoons tomorrow? and just keep adding 2tablespoons every 3 days tell im at 60gal? and will this be .3 or .1? doesnt say on box just say add 1tablespoon per 5gal.


(This post was edited by Bizzaro on Aug 4, 2006, 5:12 AM)


betsymax
Koi Lover


Aug 5, 2006, 1:22 AM

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leave your tank as it is if you still don't know whats wrong with your koi.
7 koi in 60 gallons? they might be dying bec theyre overstacked. don't feed them everyday. im fact feed them once in 2 days and make a water change an hour after they eat.
the volume of water cannot accomodate the koi. besides, they won't grow to be big even if you feed them diligenmtly bec of lack of space.


Bizzaro
Koi Lover

Aug 5, 2006, 3:24 AM

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Its temp tell i make my pond... which keep getting pushed back an back So E the one koi is dead so im over the salt thing.

 
 
 



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