When raising fish, many people will choose to put salt in the water, and raising map fish is no exception. Although the map fish is a freshwater fish, do not like to live in water with too much salt, but the role of appropriate addition of part of the salt is still very much. Adding a little salt when changing water at ordinary times can play a lot of roles, such as eliminating bacteria in the fish tank, improving the activity and appetite of the map fish itself, balancing their osmotic pressure and so on. When the map fish is sick, it also needs salt. Many diseases need to be treated with salt, which can play a very good role in sterilization. For some diseases with mild symptoms, only salt can be used. However, if the condition of the map fish is serious, then in addition to the use of salt sterilization and disinfection, but also need to use specific drugs.
As mentioned above, map fish is a freshwater fish. Therefore, even if salt can achieve a variety of effects, the amount of salt can not be too much, otherwise it will affect the normal growth and development of map fish. To strictly control the concentration, specifically to maintain at 1% -3% is more appropriate, then the concentration may endanger the health of map fish. However, you can use a little more salt when you are sick. In addition to the amount, the type of salt put in also needs special attention, can not use edible salt, it is best to use coarse salt or sea salt.