Do Black Mollies need salt?

[Blake Devitt]

I have three Black Mollies amoung Swords, Cichlids, Danios,
Gouramis, and a Pleco. In a 35 gallon tank. I have read that Black
Mollies prefer one teaspoon of salt per gallon of water . The other fish
in my aquarium do not need salt in their water. I am wondering whether
I should add salt into the water, and if the the other fish can live in
water with salt in it. I would greatly appreciate any information you
can give.

Thanks

Tyson

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Blake Devitt (dev...@hurontel.on.ca) wrote:
: I have three Black Mollies amoung Swords, Cichlids, Danios,

Here's my opinion and experience on the subject:
Do they absolute need salt? No. Would they be better off with salt? YES!
I keep a soft water tank with a few mollies in it with no salt. While they
survive, they definately do not thrive. The pl*co would probably not like
the salt. I''m playing a hunch, but the gouramis probably wouldn't either.
Depending on the cichlids, they may or may not be okay with the salt.

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[Judy KC]

On 11 Jan 1997 01:48:54 GMT, dev...@hurontel.on.ca (Blake Devitt)
wrote:

> I have three Black Mollies amoung Swords, Cichlids, Danios,
>Gouramis, and a Pleco. In a 35 gallon tank. I have read that Black
>Mollies prefer one teaspoon of salt per gallon of water . The other fish
>in my aquarium do not need salt in their water. I am wondering whether
>I should add salt into the water, and if the the other fish can live in
>water with salt in it. I would greatly appreciate any information you
>can give.

I'm not sure about the salt tolerance of mollies and swords, but I've
had and currently have some angels, African cichlids, danios,
pearl/opaline gouramis, and pl*cos that take 1 tablespoon per 1.5
gallons without any problems. I think my fish can tolerate an even
higher concentration, but my picky rummy-nosed tetras have talked me
out of any further experimentation. :)

The fish should have no problem if you start out at 1 tablespoon per
5-10 gallons and adjust from there.

Judy KC

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[Halyscomet]

Salt will keep ick away from your mollies. Usually some sort of
compromise is in order. In my mollie tank I run 1 tablespoon per 5
gallons and that keeps the mollies happy enouph (or at least keeps out
ick).

I would like more salt but am concerned about the cats I have in for clean
up duty. At the very minimum in a community tank I would try 1 tablespoon
to 10 gallons.

For more of a salt discusion see the FAQ Map at
http://www.actwin.com/fish/mirror/map.html

[Ron Golubosky]

Halyscomet <halys...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970112182...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...

> Salt will keep ick away from your mollies. Usually some sort of
> compromise is in order. In my mollie tank I run 1 tablespoon per 5
> gallons and that keeps the mollies happy enouph (or at least keeps out
> ick).

I must retaliate against this statement. Although in theory salt tends to
keep some fish healthier, it does NOT keep ick away. If this were the
case, then you would never see a case of ick in a salt water tank. Ron

[James Pavlovich]

Ron Golubosky wrote:
> I must retaliate against this statement. Although in theory salt tends to
> keep some fish healthier, it does NOT keep ick away. If this were the
> case, then you would never see a case of ick in a salt water tank. Ron

You don't. What is called Ick in a salt water tank is a completely
different organism. It is called ick because it looks like the
familiar freshwater disease.

JGP