The Japanese also salt all the time. We (here in the US) have found salt
resistant Trichodina as a result. I have treated salt resistant Trich
personally on Japanese Koi, but that is anecdotal.
To quote Doc Johnson, DVM: "The Japanese commonly maintain Koi under salted
conditions all year round, and so resistant strains of certain parasites are
not uncommon on these imported specimens". He has had the need to use double
salt concentration to Rx this parasite.
There has been a huge discussion on this topic, which resurfaced a few
months ago. I have saved all the responses, both pro and con, and if you
like I will send them to you in a series of emails.
I would not want to use up bandwidth on this NG for this seemingly yearly
discussion, unless it is absolutely necessary.
As far as the fish needing salt, they are fresh water fish, not brackish,
nor sal****er. They can certainly do well with some level of salt, certainly
much better than the plants will. (salting is great to inhibit algal and
other plant growth depending on its concentration.)
Many, many people have raised fish for years, without any forms of
supplementation. Others swear by salt. Most of the arguments each way are
anecdotal.
Let me know if you want the multiple discussion texts emailed to you...
Happy ponding,
Greg


wrote in message
...
OTOH, Brett who breeds and raises incredible show koi does use salt in all
his ponds.
Ingrid

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

This is correct, but John, regarding maintenance level, when I took the
the
KHA class Sandy Yosha the vet said we should not be adding any salt
unless
there is a problem. She did not believe in maintenance levels. ~ jan


0.1% or 0.9lbs per 100 gallons. Ingrid

John Rutz wrote:
my mind ceased to funtion what is the maintenance dose of salt (
constant level not dip ) and how many Lbs per 1000 gal to achieve it
from 0


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