Posted by jerryepple on February 24, 2003 at 01:24:59:
I am at an advanced age and like many old persons I have trouble with itching and scaling legs in the winter. I read somewhere that people who swim regularly in the ocean seem to have fewer skin problems. I bought some fake sea salt used for oceanic aquariums, and made a saline solution with it for soaking my feet, and laving my legs. I used the fake type, believing it to be less septic than salt rendered from actual seawater. Yes, the saltwater has improved my skin condition wonderfully. Now I have most of the salt left, and want to know if it is going to be alright to use it as the salt for my molly tank. Can anyone offer me advice on this? As an aside, that salt was really expensive. It amounts to nearly a dollar's worth for a gallon of seawater. With the usual water changes it seems to me that keeping an oceanic aquarium would be prohibitively expensive. Am I going wrong in my thinking? Thanks for any replies...Jerry Epple
