This thread appears to have been presented as an offshoot of the "Using natural seawater for disease treatement" thread where the presenter of this one I'd assume is seeking to bolster the point he made in that one. Personally I have to place faith in what the AKCA Koi Health Advisor Program continues to state in support of the use of salt until that program changes direction if necessitated by the need to be accurate.
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"Mitch . . .
I'm sorry, but you're really doing a disservice to the hobby by reprinting Dr. Johnson's salt myth-information on this board.
It's his site and he can post what he wants to over there, but that dated screed of his does not reflect current thoughts or practices -- not of the hobby as a whole, not even of his own board.
If you read the KV forums daily (like I do), you'll see that REC and the other mods advocate only limited, specific uses for salt and that none of them believe it eliminates 7 of 9 parasites."
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Don
Koi Kichi & Water Garden Club AKCA
ZNA, Southern California
"Mitch . . .
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It was posted as an example of what is being suggested to many people.
Honestly, Mitch, I don’t think we need to reprint here all the bad science that’s out there on the net. Most of us read that particular chestnut many years ago but have moved on.
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That page had over 40K hits IIRC.
Yes, it’s a lot like space junk which, once launched, orbits the Earth forever. That’s probably the biggest drawback of the net. Urban Legends die hard.
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What I'm saying is that if we can contradict misleading information, then we should do so, to help people get this stuff right.
We have, we do, and we will. Heck, you can probably find 50 salt point-counterpoints right here on Bito. Just use the Search function and budget several hours. And we’re just one forum -- I can think of 10 others off-hand.
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There really needs to be some type of peer review from the aquatic veterinary community.
That’s been done and the AKCA’s KHA training program includes all the latest protocols for treating parasites.
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And even if they didn't catch it the first time around they should now.
Who is “they” and what should they have caught?"
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Don
Koi Kichi & Water Garden Club AKCA
ZNA, Southern California
http://koi-bito.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5057&page=6