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Originally Posted by Pareeeee
I always, as a rule, add about 1-2 teaspoons of salt to my 33 gallon tank after every water change. It prevents stress and aids them in forming their natural 'slime-coat' to prevent disease. Any more than that would damage my live plants.
Never had any fish eat their own fins because of it...can't speak for bettas as I don't usually put salt in their tanks, but I have used it for treatment of diseases and have never witnessed this fin eating phenomenon.
You have to use actual Aquarium Salt made for fish. Don't use table salt or cooking salt, as they have additives such as iodine. (BAD!)
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Originally Posted by Wildside
Right-o!!!!
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I always use aquarium salt with my angelfish without any problems but with bettas it always seems to affect them in this way. At one point I thought it was fin rot but then figured the salt would prevent that.