Cichlid Salts

[YourPalCM]

I'm new to the Cichlid world. I've been reading a lot lately, and there seems to be a some contradiction as far as necessity of Cichlid salts. I've read that you should definitely use Cichlid salts, and other places I've read that this is totally unnecessary. I do have naturally high pH levels and hardness in the water at my house so that isn't an issue. Thoughts?

[SGypsyMermaid]

http://cichlidforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1

[wudman]

I just added some aquarium salt to my tank and the fish seem to think its food... :nervous:

I sure hope they can handle it.

[ander]

eh... i used them once didngt make a difference but hey, i dont use test kits either and am a opne water change a month kind of guy, i think i just have good luck but no deaths and lots of fishy breeding.

[jonah]

Originally posted by wudman
I just added some aquarium salt to my tank and the fish seem to think its food... :nervous:

I sure hope they can handle it.

If you have a HOB style filter, you can add the salt slowly to the filter, so it'll dissolve the salt before the fish can eat it.

[SGypsyMermaid]

or just dissolve the salt in water before adding it.