well i am a big dummy. apparently i have been using the wrong kind of salt. even though i had problems with tilapia deaths before i started salting my tank, i was told to use sea salt to calm the fish. a small measure of plain sea salt calms the fish and it will not harm the plants.
i had a bottle of mortons sea salt, right on the front it said 'no iodine, from the plains in spain' or something. stupid me, i didnt check the back where it says 'contains: salt, yellow prussian sdfljkiug anticaking agent"
i will now be changing out all of the water. looks like its going to be a few weeks til i can put in any tilapia, and by then i will have my prototype tank up and running.
it is recommended to use 2ppt of sea salt. (1kg per 1000ltrs = 1ppt) or 3.5 oz of plain sea salt (no iodine or anticaking agents) per 100 gallons.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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