Epsom Salts Rule!

[Trout]

Yesterday morning started off real badly with one of my Red Turks (Fm BobTools) swimming upside down, belly bloated, the other fish pecking at him. Having seen that once before I had some Epsom Salts handy. Removed him to a 5 gallon tank, 1 tbs of ES, and within a couple of hours he had righted himself. He was a little shell shocked on return to the big tank, but today I'm happy to report all is back to normal in the Amazon tank!

[moik]

might want to leave him the hospital tank just a little longer than you stated.....

[Trout]

Just curious, why leave him in longer once he degasses or whatever and starts swimming normally? And if longer, how long?

[Eddie]

Or just feed frozen brine shrimp for several days to keep him cleaned out.


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[gerrard00]

I add a tbsp of epsom salt to my 72G tank w/ every wc. I had problems with bloating occasionally before I started doing that, but I haven't had any instances since I started that regimen.

[Eddie]

I add a tbsp of epsom salt to my 72G tank w/ every wc. I had problems with bloating occasionally before I started doing that, but I haven't had any instances since I started that regimen.

1 tbsp per 72 gallons?


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[Foxfire]

I add some epsom salt after every WC for my plants (along with a tiny bit of KI). This also helps the fish.

[Eddie]

I add some epsom salt after every WC for my plants (along with a tiny bit of KI). This also helps the fish.

Does it help the fish, you asked them and they told you. LOL