What can salt do for stressed or ill fish?
Top Stress adversely affects the slime coating on fish. Salt helps restore the slime coating which makes them less susceptible to infection or parasites. Some people add salt as a de-stresser when they add new fish to a pond. 84: What about adding fish to an already established pond? Top You should be very conservative about adding new fish to your pond. You do not want to risk adversely affecting your current fish. New fish may have been exposed to an infection during transport or at the pet store. The symptoms may not always be noticeable. The stress of transport will make a fish more susceptible to disease. Some fish can be simple carriers of disease and will never show signs of an infection. Your new fish ideally should be quarantined in a “hospital” tank or a holding tank filled with pond water. Some people give precautionary treatments of “Desafin” for the duration of the quarantine period. If the fish does not show signs of illness and appears healthy after one week, release it
