Apisto and salt?

[Nikos]

Hey there!
My name is

Nir Tzabar and I am from Israel.
I have a question...
Do you thing apistos can live and

breed in ~60 ppm of salt?
Thank you..

[Lisachromis]

This brings up an

interesting point. I've never checked for salt in our water. So, I don't know if you can or

not. I'm sure someone will be able to help.

As a sidenote, I'd thought I'd

let people see the levels of salinity in fresh/seawater.

Fresh water - Less than 1,000

ppm
Slightly saline water - From 1,000 ppm to 3,000 ppm
Moderately saline water - From

3,000 ppm to 10,000 ppm
Highly saline water - From 10,000 ppm to 35,000 ppm

FYI
Ocean water contains about 35,000 ppm of salt.
Brackish water contains under 10,000 ppm of

salt.
Brine water contains around 40,000 ppm of salt.

[number6]

I have not added NaCl to

any of my apistogramma tanks, but I have heard that it can help to have a small amount of salt if

your water has a very low conductivity.
Are you adding this salt? and is is regular NaCl or

some other salt mix like sea salt?

[fishfarm]

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class='quotemain'>I have not added NaCl to any of my apistogramma tanks, but I have

heard that it can help to have a small amount of salt if your water has a very low conductivity.


Are you adding this salt? and is is regular NaCl or some other salt mix like sea salt?<!--

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I'd say NO, Apistos need very soft water to breed and

adding salt raises the mineral content of the water.