Backyard Aquaponics
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My wife got this from Coles today, has anybody used it?

No. Say anything on the back.

No Nothing other than address details ect

Phone number. Thats how I checked on the stuff we get here.

Has a number for complaints so might give it a miss unless someone can vouch for it.

to be honest i doubt it would matter, the main reason that people should avoid table salt is the anti caking agents which i doubt that they put in pool salt

in short i would use it if its what i had,

i try to avoid buying anything in tehgeneric brands from major shopping centers as i figure they already get a large share of the pie, no need for them to get the whole pie

Cheers
pete

Ya just want to make sure it doesn't have any anti-caking agents, pelletizing agents, iodine or other unknown additives. Most of the cheapest salt is just dehydrated sea water, dried out using sun and wind. I use the plain solar water softener salt since it is usually cheaper at the grocery store than the pool salt at the grocery or the hardware stores.

This stuff cost $5 AU but I don't know if that is cheap or not as I have never bought it before.
Have put it in last night and nothing dead so far, but I only have 6 small goldfish in the tank at the moment.

How much did you put in. Lot of people run 2ppt or 2kgs per 1000ltrs of water.

I used 1 kg so far see how that goes first.

1ppt... or 1kg/1000L... is fine for mitigating nitrites...

With salting for problems you need to hit them hard ie 3 ppt 3 kg for every 1000 litres water just slowley putting it in you may as well pee in the tank for all the good it will do

Very true for disease treatment F&F... Darrell is just salting for nitrites though..

Oh speed reading again

Isent he getting new fish soon wouldn't hert to have some in there for the new arrivals