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Do guppies need to be salted? How to put salt?

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2021-11-24 00:27:21
Guppies usually don't need salt. Guppies belong to freshwater fish and can be raised with daily water. When guppies are healthy, suddenly adding too much salt may lighten their body color. Adding too much salt and too high concentration may also dehydrate guppies and kill them. But when the guppy is sick, it is better to put some salt properly, which can effectively kill the bacteria in the fish tank and enhance the resistance of the guppy.
Do guppies need to be salted? How to put salt?

1. Do guppies need salt

? Guppies generally do not need salt when they are healthy. Guppies are freshwater fish and like neutral and alkaline water best. Sudden addition of too much salt in daily feeding will make guppies fade and reduce their beauty. If too much salt is added, guppies may also die of dehydration. It's not that guppies don't need salt all their lives. They still need salt when they're sick. At this time, the concentration of salt should not exceed 0.3%, which can effectively play the role of sterilization and help guppies recover quickly.

2. How to put salt

in guppies 1. When guppies are sick, they can put a certain proportion of salt appropriately, preferably salt washed with water. Do not use edible salt, edible salt generally contains iodine, easy to pose a threat to the health of guppy.

2. In the season of high incidence of fish diseases, 0.3% salt water can be put into the water to prevent them. When the fish disease is not too serious, it can be treated with 2-5% salt water.

3. When fish disease just occurs, the method of putting salt is usually used, mainly to sterilize. When the condition is serious, we can not simply use the method of salt, the effect is not obvious, at this time we should immediately use drugs to treat.

Salt is mainly to kill salt-intolerant bacteria and microorganisms in water. Salt is not omnipotent. Salt is useless for some diseases and needs to be treated with drugs.

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