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Aquarium salt

Salt & water care

Aquarium salt

Active ingredient: Sodium chloride

How to use: A short salt treatment helps the slime coat and gills. Dissolve first.

Careful: Not for corys, loaches, plecos, shrimp or plants.

Examples you may see in shops: API Aquarium Salt. Not endorsements. Always follow the label.

Used for

Ich (white spot)Columnaris Fungus Ulcers & red sores Slime-coat parasites (Costia, Chilodonella, Trichodina)Nitrite poisoning (brown blood)Epistylis Injury & bite wounds Scutariella flatworms (shrimp)