Does anyone add salt to their pond water? I've been reading on the web that it can be beneficial to your fish. Any thoughts? Thanks
Salt added to pond
I always do a 3% salt solution in the spring as a spring tonic for my fish. No later than a month afterwards I do at least a one third water change on the pond to cleanse it of some of the salt.
Water hyacinths and water lettuce seem to be pretty sensitive to the salt solution in a 3% concentration so if you are growing these don't go above 2%.
I salt my ponds. It protects the slime coat on the fish and is medicinal when it comes to simple ailments like fin rot or ick. I found that one cup of salt per 100 gallons does not hurt the hyacinths in the least.
I need to add, use plain salt. DO NOT use iodized.
This message was edited Friday, May 9th 8:55 AM