Koi Fish Information Centre

You can use regular table salt if you wish. The added iodine should be of no concern. The problems that were associated with iodine were really caused by the anti-caking agent that was used to keep the salt relatively free flowing. What is being used today does not seem to affect the fish.
Kosher salt, without the iodine can also be used as a table salt.
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> —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > angelandchase49@aim.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:36 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] ICH > > would regular table salt work that is iodized? > > > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > From: Steve Szabo > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 6:32 pm > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] ICH > > > > The substance the store sold you probably contains methyline blue, which > s not only a medication, but a dye. If the store had told you that the > est way to treat ich, they would not have made any money from you that > ay. > The ideal temperature for an ich cure is 84 degrees F. Your goldfish may > ot do well at that temperature, so you would need to raise it until the > ish start to become uncomfortable, which would like be 76-78 degrees. > hile waiting for the temperature to rise, go over to your friendly > ocal supermarket and get yourself some kosher or canning salt. Add this > o your tank at the rate of 1 tsp per gallon of water. Mix it with tank > ater first, so the salt has a chance to dissolve. > The white spots you see on the fish are created by the parasite and eggs > re laid. When the cysts burst open The eggs will release a form of the > arasite that will then become larva. When these larva swim in the water > olumn, they will then be at their most vulnerable and the salt will > elp to lead them to their d3mise as they look for a host fish. > The purpose of the heat is to speed up the process of their life cycle, > o they live shorter life spans. This, in turn, means they have less > ime to sped finding a host. > The white cottony substance you report is likely > to be a fungus. Ich > ill cover a fish with what looks like salt crystals. > \Steve// > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] > n Behalf Of > angelandchase49@aim.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:06 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] ICH > > have been treating my goldfish for ich even though only one has it am > reating all as ihave no > way to isolate the one who actually has it. It is looking alot > etterbut its tail is looking a bit > chewed up. have been treating the ich with stuff bought from a store > urns water blue not > sure what the med is called but says it is for ich removal. The ick is > lmost gone now.? I do > plan on getting a new filter prob have to anyways since the old one > as the ick virus(?) on it. > and don’t want to reintroduce the ich back into the tank.? how long > ast no signs of ich do i > need to treat? Also at the fish store where i got the stuff from had a > old fish that had a > white cottony like spot over its eye. Whas that ich that i saw or what > as it? > >

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