Will u recommend salt?

boulie · 03-14-2008, 04:14 AM

Can i add salt to my tank when i do a water change? I have 8 Aurutus cichild and 5 tetras?

shade2dope · 03-14-2008, 06:13 AM

With this setup you should be worrying about the tetras.Aurutus,I would have to think Melanochromis as there more common,Are very aggressive fish.I hope you dont have more then one male to the tank.What size is your tank?About the salt yes you can salt adds electrolytes which are good for fish.

trashion · 03-14-2008, 10:50 AM

Wow... 8 Auratus? How big is this tank?

emc7 · 03-14-2008, 10:54 AM

What kind of tetra? Neons don't like anything in the water.

boulie · 03-14-2008, 01:45 PM

I have a transparent tetra and a glow light tetra. My tank is 29 gal tank.

Ricker · 03-14-2008, 01:58 PM

I think that might be to many cichlids.

**JustOneMore20** · 03-14-2008, 02:00 PM

Your Auratus are likely to kill each other and the tetras soon. You should either get a really large tank (75+ for all 8) or take the Auratus (all of them) back to the fish store. They don't belong in a 29g.

You should get more tetras to have a school of each. Tetras are schooling fish, meaning they need atleast 6 to feel comfortable.

kay-bee · 03-14-2008, 05:12 PM

No salt required for the fish you have. Optional, but not required.

Definately an incompatible mix there. Kind of interesting that you acquired a bunch of auratus.

You need to acquire another tank for your auratus'. Kept how it is, they'll kill tetras and then the strongest male auratus will kill all the other males and all the non-receptive females (and in a 29gal, possibly even eliminate the receptive females). Not a very desireable outcome, but a likely one unless changes are made.

Clerk · 03-14-2008, 05:32 PM

We have told boulie about the auratus like 160x now, just makes additional threads and ignores advice T_T

boulie · 03-15-2008, 03:00 AM

Well i was been busy these day wasent free for anything.

Gourami Swami · 03-15-2008, 06:58 AM

Okay, as soon as you get a free day, take care of the auratus

Kribensis12 · 03-15-2008, 11:45 AM

Did you get them for free? Or did you buy them? I vant belive a store would let you buy 8 Auratus like that!

trashion · 03-15-2008, 12:25 PM

Seriously, these retail for $60/trio? and you bought 8? Where the heck did you get them?

Clerk · 03-15-2008, 01:02 PM

20 a fish?? You can get them for about $5.50 around here.

trashion · 03-15-2008, 01:07 PM

Oh...I was looking at aquabid.

Still though, a $44 investment in fish that he knows nothing about is AWFULLY irresponsible for a pet shop.

COM · 03-15-2008, 01:54 PM

"Aquarium Salt" is another example of overpriced pet store products that can be easily substituted for household items. Instead of using freshwater aquarium salt from the pet store, try a little Kosher Salt from the supermarket and save yourself 90%.

boulie · 03-15-2008, 05:05 PM

Yeah i have aquarium salt from the lfs bought them few month ago.

03-14-2008, 04:14 AM	#1
boulie Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 48 User Feedback: (0)	Will u recommend salt? Can i add salt to my tank when i do a water change? I have 8 Aurutus cichild and 5 tetras?

03-14-2008, 06:13 AM	#2
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 357 User Feedback: (0)	With this setup you should be worrying about the tetras.Aurutus,I would have to think Melanochromis as there more common,Are very aggressive fish.I hope you dont have more then one male to the tank.What size is your tank?About the salt yes you can salt adds electrolytes which are good for fish. __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

03-14-2008, 10:50 AM	#3
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 868 User Feedback: (0)	Wow... 8 Auratus? How big is this tank? __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -7 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

03-14-2008, 02:00 PM	#7
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,367 User Feedback: (2)	Your Auratus are likely to kill each other and the tetras soon. You should either get a really large tank (75+ for all 8) or take the Auratus (all of them) back to the fish store. They don't belong in a 29g. You should get more tetras to have a school of each. Tetras are schooling fish, meaning they need atleast 6 to feel comfortable. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 10g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

03-14-2008, 05:12 PM	#8
kay-bee Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 39 Posts: 74 User Feedback: (0)	No salt required for the fish you have. Optional, but not required. Definately an incompatible mix there. Kind of interesting that you acquired a bunch of auratus. You need to acquire another tank for your auratus'. Kept how it is, they'll kill tetras and then the strongest male auratus will kill all the other males and all the non-receptive females (and in a 29gal, possibly even eliminate the receptive females). Not a very desireable outcome, but a likely one unless changes are made. __________________ 4 african cichlid tanks 4 saltwater aquariums

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03-14-2008, 10:54 AM	#4
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,567 User Feedback: (0)	What kind of tetra? Neons don't like anything in the water.

03-14-2008, 01:45 PM	#5
boulie Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 48 User Feedback: (0)	I have a transparent tetra and a glow light tetra. My tank is 29 gal tank.

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Ricker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 495 User Feedback: (0)	I think that might be to many cichlids.

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Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 459 User Feedback: (0)	We have told boulie about the auratus like 160x now, just makes additional threads and ignores advice T_T __________________ Four Tanks 55 Gallon - Planted Display Tank 50 Gallon Nursery 20 Gallon - High-Light Planted Breeder 20 L Gallon - Newt Paludarium

03-15-2008, 03:00 AM	#10
boulie Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 48 User Feedback: (0)	Well i was been busy these day wasent free for anything.

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Gourami Swami Supreme Dictator For Life Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Somewhere out Yonder... Posts: 1,089 User Feedback: (0)	Okay, as soon as you get a free day, take care of the auratus __________________

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Kribensis12 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 14 Posts: 109 User Feedback: (0)	Did you get them for free? Or did you buy them? I vant belive a store would let you buy 8 Auratus like that! __________________ My tank's: 30g tank: 1 angelfish 1 Fancy Guppies 2 Zebra Danio's 2 Black Mollies 2 Dalmation Mollies 3 platies ( 5 baby green sailfin mollies and 2 guppies in a breeder, being feed BBS daily) 20g Flat Hexagon 1 baby guppy 1 baby swordtail 1 Baby half black striped angelfish( 4 inches tall) 10g: 1 baby half black striped angelfish( 4 inches tall) 1 baby mickey mouse swordtail several baby guppies 1 baby mollie

03-15-2008, 12:25 PM	#13
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 868 User Feedback: (0)	Seriously, these retail for $60/trio? and you bought 8? Where the heck did you get them? __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -7 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

03-15-2008, 01:02 PM	#14
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 459 User Feedback: (0)	20 a fish?? You can get them for about $5.50 around here. __________________ Four Tanks 55 Gallon - Planted Display Tank 50 Gallon Nursery 20 Gallon - High-Light Planted Breeder 20 L Gallon - Newt Paludarium

03-15-2008, 01:07 PM	#15
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 868 User Feedback: (0)	Oh...I was looking at aquabid. Still though, a $44 investment in fish that he knows nothing about is AWFULLY irresponsible for a pet shop. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -7 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

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COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 209 User Feedback: (0)	Salt "Aquarium Salt" is another example of overpriced pet store products that can be easily substituted for household items. Instead of using freshwater aquarium salt from the pet store, try a little Kosher Salt from the supermarket and save yourself 90%.

03-15-2008, 05:05 PM	#17
boulie Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 48 User Feedback: (0)	Yeah i have aquarium salt from the lfs bought them few month ago.

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