Salting the waters

[adamkenn]

Hi all after some suggestions. Recently had a whole crop of rainbow trout bite the dust due to a fungal infection. I want to salt the replacement water to hopefully prevent this happening again. What ratio do you run salt:water ? Is it ok to leave salt in permanantly ? Will it hurt the plants at all ?

[Yabbies4me]

Here's some info that may help: http://www.aquaponics.net.au/forum/s...salting&page=3

The relevent posts in the thread are #23 through #40... not extensive reading, won't take long.
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[adamkenn]

Thanks yabbies PPT meaning parts per thousand?

[llewelynj]

yup thats correct.

[Murray]

Same info very relevant for Murray Cod.

[bigdaddy]

Thanks yabbies PPT meaning parts per thousand?

Well not technically...ppt means parts per trillion technically speaking, and parts per thousand are parts per thousand.....Although a lot of people post ppt meaning parts per thousand.

Cheers.

[RupertofOZ]

Technically.. BD is correct...

But you know what we mean you mean...

[Yabbies4me]

ppt means parts per trillion technically speaking,

I'd like to see you measure that out!...

[adamkenn]

I put just on 800 grams aquarium salt in a fresh load of water in a nally bin system (about 750 litres) Should give me about 1ppt ? I think. Going to restock it with trout next week after its settled a bit. See what happens this time.

[adamkenn]

New trout have been in a bit over a week now and all doing fine i have 3 AP systems put 25 in 2 of them and 25 in my front fish pond great to watch them race around.