Shrimps vs salt??

Hi guys, i am keeping a few guppies in my tank and i found some fin damages with some of them. i want to add some salt to the tank to aid in the recovery, but im wondering if that will harm my yamatos in anyway?

[Jon-san]

What sort of fin damage? From nipping? Maintaining good water parameters should be sufficient to let them heal naturally.

Originally Posted by Jon-san

What sort of fin damage? From nipping? Maintaining good water parameters should be sufficient to let them heal naturally.

yea i suppose so. dont want them to get infected so thinking of adding some salt. but just want to check if that will affect my shrimps.

[ymmij]

from my understanding shrimps are definitely more sensitive to salt..

maybe you could get the injured fishes to another hospital tank for treatment?

Originally Posted by ymmij

from my understanding shrimps are definitely more sensitive to salt..

maybe you could get the injured fishes to another hospital tank for treatment?

yep. what is what i am doing now. but after doing some research yamatos natural habitat ranges from fresh to brackish water. so am i right to say that generally shrimps are sensitive to salt but for yamato case it will be ok?

i doubt so. using the hospital tank is a better way out i guess

what kind of salt are you using? i hope its those marine type of salt, if so, its ok.

read up a bit on yamato or amano shrimps. it requires brackish to breed, so why would salt hurt them? i put my amano shrimps with hawaiian shrimps in brackish water before. The amanos are still fine.