Re: Salt and Tanganicanus
Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Wed, 06 Nov 1996 14:31:44 +1000
At 09:04 PM 11/5/96 -0500, Chris wrote:
>I thought I had posted this note earlier but I guess if I did it was to
>someplace other than the list!
>Anyway I recall seeing some postings about L.Tanganicanus on the list
recently.
>I just read an an article in TFH Oct.'93 by a guy named Bob Allen. Bob states
>that Tanganicanus benefit from salt additives as well as iodine. While he says
>that iodized salt could be used to prevent goiters that these fish get when
>iodine is lacking, he recommends flakes of iodine instead.
It has been reported that rainbowfishes can also be affected by goiters and
probably it is best to use iodised salt instead of using ordinary cooking
salt if you are just using it as an additive. As a general rule I do not use
any salt with my fishes.
Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
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