Table Salt In Freshwater Aquarium?

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me and my friend got in a fight and he threatened to put table salt into my freshwater aquarium, i attempted to restrain him from grabbing the table salt from my desk near the aquarium but he got his hands on it and i have two tanks on a stand one above the other, so anyway he grabbed the salt shaker and threw it at the top of my tank on the top shelf of the stand witch has a 1 inch space at the back of the lid, the shaker hit the back edge of the tank and then hit the wall and landed RIGHT BEHIND the tank on the bottom shelf that has NO LID im not sure though if any salt got in the tank and if it did it only would of been a very TINY sprinkle into the tank, i was wondering if this would have a chance of harming my fish, the top tank contains a blue dragon goby, mollies, pink kissing gourami's, iridescent sharks, balla sharks, a serpae tetra, some neon tetra's and a few sucker fish i dont know the name of. (this tank has been set up for a good 6 months) and the bottom tank contains goldfish (feeder fish for my oscar's) i dont really care about the goldfish but im worried about all the tropical tank, so i would like your opinions on if even a LITTLE TINY sprinkle of table salt got into the tank would it harm any of my tropical tank.Also please note that it was only over the gap on the tank for the blink of an eye so it would of only been an extremely small amount of salt.Please Post Your Opinions.Also please note the big tank is 18 gallon and the small goldfish tank is 6-7 gallonsAlso please note this1. Im not even sure if any salt went in the tank2. The salt has iodine in it3. I am a very worryful person
 
a little bit of salt shouldnt harm freshwater fish. just change some of the water out if your scared.
 
extreamly small u sure? then should be fine but table salt is dangerous for all! made for human consumption but its even bad for us:P...small amount will disolve so tis cool
 
It really all depends on how big your fish tank is. It shouldn't have any affect on your fish if it is as small a dose of salt as you say it is. But, like I said, it all depends on the size of your tank.
 
Ok, first off is the salt iodinized? If not than your completely fine. Most of the fish you have actually prefer a little bit of salt in the aquarium. I have used non iodinized table salt in my gourami aquariumfor a few months now and have had no problems. If it contained iodine and if it was a small amount then you should be fine. Iodine is poisionous to fish so if you have doubts do a water change.
 
Your tank will be completely fine. If it makes you feel better you can do a 40% water change. It wouldn't hurt your tank of goldfish considering they need lots of water changes anyway. I would consider getting a new friend though...lol
 
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