Pictus and salt?

Ali1 · Post by **Ali1** » 26 May 2005, 13:18

Do pictus catfish need salt in their tank or is it optional? or it never? some1 advised me that salt shouldnt be put with pictus catfish as they will burn even with a small quantity of salt. I just had one and it died the next day, water parameters are fine. Any other good advise on these fishes would be grateful

Post by **Silurus** » 26 May 2005, 13:19

They don't need salt at all, although they can tolerate a small amount of it. Next time, keep the fish without salt.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 May 2005, 13:20

Salt is NO GOOD for pictus cats. So you should NOT have salt in the water for a pictus cat.

Without further details it's not possible to explain why the fish died (and it may not be your fault as such, it could be bad stock in the shop, especially if it's a recent arrival).

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Mats

Post by **Silurus** » 26 May 2005, 13:21

Here are some other previous discussions on this topic:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7480

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3596

Ali1 · Post by **Ali1** » 26 May 2005, 17:58

thanks for the info, any more experience would be helpful,yeh so by the pictus coming from the freshwater tank to my brakish water tank shocked him and killed him is what im thinking.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 May 2005, 09:02

Oh, I didn't realize you had a brackish tank. I thought you were asking if you could add salt later on.

Yes, I would agree with the analysis that it died because of the salt.

In reality, only very few freshwater tropical fishes are happy with salt in the water.

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Mats