| Let's take a walk back in the history of salt use in koi.
Initially it was used to shock parasites into a condition called reverse osmossis.
It was done by saturating the water with all the salt that could be coaxed into the water to make a brine. Then the unsuspecting koi was dropped in, causing it to go into shock as it struggled unable to breathe. Then at the last minute it was "rescued" and placed into pond water, where it alledgedly "recovered" from the trama sans any parasites. Many koi were killed. And strains of parasites became salt resistant.
We have seen similar changes made by bacteria regarding broad spectrum anti bioltics. I can go on forever but here's my point.
Don't use anything medicinally... indiscriminatly! If you are not using it for a specific reason/condition ( ie: put 3% salt in your pond every spring to help the koi transistion ) then you need not use it. |