salts dip procedure

[ak47_chicago]

Hello, Need some help. I forgot the procedure to salts dip. If you know could you please share with your experience. Thanks in advance.

[Sabine]

The required amount is 2% salt = 20 grams per litre.
Salt has to be dissolved before fish is being put in. Most important: do not leave the fish unsupervised during the dip! Time is up to 5 minutes, but as soon as the fish turns on his side or back or won't move around anymore it has to be removed immediately!
Some fish can't handle this concentration at all and flip after a few seconds and have to be taken out, others can tolerate it for a couple of minutes. After 5 minutes at the most the fish has to be removed into regular tank water.
A salt dip can kill your fish if you leave him longer in there than he can handle. Close observation during the procedure is very important.

[ak47_chicago]

Thank you very much for your help.

[gusgail]

What is a salt dip for?

[Sabine]

It strips away the slime coat, and with it possible parasites.

[32Bit_Fish]

Why not use the salt bath? I dont see any advantages of using salt dips over salt bath.

The most important reason that I dont like salt dip is it produces alot of stress to the fish.

I have been always using salt bath at 0.3% salinity over 72 hours of period.

I got great result using it.

To my experience, salt dips kill fish quicker than the parasites.

[sanggarra]

Anyone know how to convert this to teaspoon/tablespoon or cup per gallon? :youtellme:

The required amount is 2% salt = 20 grams per litre.

[Corrie]

Sorta

It has to be rock salt, like ice cream salt

Not kitchen salt which is finer, or canning salt which is even finer.

Finer salt will give you a much higher concentration of salt.

So use rock salt for this measurement:

2% = 2 tsp rock salt about. for 1 gal of water

[Ichthius]

The dose I use for long term bath ( in the tank) is one tablespoon per gallon. This Is roughly 3 ppt (parts per thousand, 1/10th of a percent).

So the most recent post is way off. 2% is approximately 80 grams or almost 3 oz by weight or about 5 tablespoons.

Fortunetly salt is one gram per ml. A tablespoon is 15 ml. Fine grain is a level spoon. The larger the grain the more you heap the spoon.

[johnatoranchu]

Anyone know how to convert this to teaspoon/tablespoon or cup per gallon? :youtellme:

Cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, handfulls, even gallons are variable measurers. Better to get used to grams and litres at least as far as medications/salt are concerned then accuracy is assured particularly when passing on information/hints/tips.
John

[BruceP]

Here is a 'how to w/ calculator' for Salinity: http://cnykoi.com/calculators/calcsalt.asp

John is right, get a gram scale. I actually use a grain scale for more potent meds.

[Corrie]

So the most recent post is way off. 2% is approximately 80 grams or almost 3 oz by weight or about 5 tablespoons.

No kidding! I can't see.

.2% is 2 level tsp of rock salt.

I read that wrong and put in a decimal in my mind.
Thanks

[Ichthius]

I love that calculator I use it all the time to check myself when dosing.

The level of therapeutic salt and the lethal dose is so far apart if all you have is volumetric measurements you'll be fine dosing a tank.

I leave the 3 ppt dose on the fish for at least 2 weeks. Replace the salt that goes out in water changes and you'll kill most ciliates.

I have a conductivity meter that tells me the exact salt level but I just use it to make sure how much salt is already in the system. I dose volumetrically all the time. A pints a pound the world around work not just for British Ale but salt too.

A 100 gallon tank to 3 ppt is 2.5 pounds of salt. I use a medium grain salt with 1 to 2 mm sized crystals. A quart (2 pints) yogurt container with a bit heaping on top give you a perfect dose. So each scoop treats 100 gallons of unsalted water.

[Corrie]

So each scoop treats 100 gallons of unsalted water.

That's the kind of measurements I like! :worship:

[Ichthius]

I try to K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, I'm stupid and or busy) most things in fish keeping.

With a strong drug I totally agree acurate measurement is critical but with something like salt 25% either way will still work.

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