Aquarium Salt

tarnold05 · Oct 13, 2023

I have searched a lot of websites and have not quite found what I need. I bought aquarium salt and I am not sure if i can put it in the tank while the fish is in it or only if the tank is empty? Please help lol

Spare time · Oct 13, 2023

NEVER add salt directly to an aquarium with living things in it. Also what do you mean by aquarium salt? Salt for saltwater or aquarium salt meant for freshwater? What tank is this?

tarnold05 · Oct 13, 2023

I have aquarium salt for my goldfish that is supposed to reduce stress and help with fin rot. It’s a 3 gallon tank.

hexcolor reef · Oct 13, 2023

tarnold05 said:
I have aquarium salt for my goldfish that is supposed to reduce stress and help with fin rot. It’s a 3 gallon tank.

Add it to tank or mix it in fresh water then poor it

Spare time · Oct 13, 2023

tarnold05 said:
I have aquarium salt for my goldfish that is supposed to reduce stress and help with fin rot. It’s a 3 gallon tank.

Fin rot should be treated with an anti-biotic

I'll throw #fishmedic in here

nereefpat · Oct 13, 2023

Salt can help with FW disease. Does the goldfish have fin rot now?

3 gallons is pretty darn small for a goldfish, and it makes it tough to keep water quality up. Did you cycle the tank, and are your parameters, especially ammonia, okay?

MnFish1 · Oct 13, 2023

tarnold05 said:
I have aquarium salt for my goldfish that is supposed to reduce stress and help with fin rot. It’s a 3 gallon tank.

I have no real idea whether this will help your goldfish. I would follow the directions on the specific package of salt that you bought. However that said - if you mix it with fresh water and add a bit every couple hours until getting to the level they recommend - it's probably ok.

Edit - as @Spare time said - antibiotics are the usual treatment (if) fish rot is present

Sharkbait19 · Oct 13, 2023

To best help your goldfish, get it in a larger tank. There really aren’t any fish that would do well in a 3 gallon bowl, except maybe the smallest gobies.
If you get it into a 75 gallon (at the very least - a 6 foot 125 being better) you’d be surprised how much healthier it will become. In freshwater systems, many problems can be alleviated by improving living conditions first.

MnFish1 · Oct 13, 2023

Sharkbait19 said:
To best help your goldfish, get it in a larger tank. There really aren’t any fish that would do well in a 3 gallon bowl, except maybe the smallest gobies.
If you get it into a 75 gallon (at the very least - a 6 foot 125 being better) you’d be surprised how much healthier it will become. In freshwater systems, many problems can be alleviated by improving living conditions first.

Thats a great point - I meant to ask the size of the goldfish. No matter what the size is today, it will be a lot bigger in 2 years