Maintaining salt in arowana comm

[Squid]

Who here is maintaining salt level in arowana comm tank? I have been occasionally adding salt to
My tanks before , specially during rainy season, i added salt at 1 tablespoon per 10 gallon and sometimes
Brought Up concentration to 1 tablespoon per 5 gal, btw what is the % concentration of 1 tablespoon per 10 gal and 1 tablespoon
Per 5 gal?
Since moving my comm to the pond i just dumped salt into pond but have lost count on the concentration. What would be the ideal concentration for arowana pond?

[AdamC]

Originally Posted by Squid

Who here is maintaining salt level in arowana comm tank? I have been occasionally adding salt to
My tanks before , specially during rainy season, i added salt at 1 tablespoon per 10 gallon and sometimes
Brought Up concentration to 1 tablespoon per 5 gal, btw what is the % concentration of 1 tablespoon per 10 gal and 1 tablespoon
Per 5 gal?
Since moving my comm to the pond i just dumped salt into pond but have lost count on the concentration. What would be the ideal concentration for arowana pond?

I think one tablespoon should be approx. 5g. If you mix that with 10 gal (38L) of water, that gives you approx. 0.13g/L or 0.013%. If you do 1 tablespoon per 5 gal, the salinity is simply half of the previous.
Under normal circumstances, keep the salinity below 0.1%. Otherwise, the common aquatic parasites and bacterias would develop immunity against salt treatment in the long run, and that would be bad.

Hope this helps.

[itchy]

Arowana need salt for maintenance ? Is it really necessary?

[Squid]

thanks oh Dont think its needed as regular maintenance for aros, I just like to add regularly and maintain salt when its rainy season here, i noticed they quickly get infected and salt helps to prevent those hopefully

[patclay]

Not necessary to add salt as maintenance.

[Hydher]

From what I read its 1g/L which is 0.1%

I use 2.5g/20L or not at all.

[Aro77]

for me i only add salt when their not feeling well or if i see any change in behavior - Eg , fast swimming , or staying near top , breathing abit hard etc.

besides that i think just maintain good water parameters and should be ok