0.5% Gentleness. The Story of Salt Baths Helping Life's "Self-Healing Power".
If your cherished goldfish loses its energy... Before using medicine, there is something we can do.It's about borrowing the power of "salt" to arrange an environment where goldfish can recover with their own power. Juane* here. Hello.
Today, I would like to talk about the wisdom of "salt bathing", which is the most basic and logical in goldfish care.
The idea of "resting" instead of "curing"
When you hear salt bath, some people may think it's like curing a disease with salt, but it's actually a little different.Goldfish body fluids contain about 0.5 % salt.On the other hand, breeding water is fresh water.Because this difference in concentration exists, goldfish always use a lot of energy to push out the "water trying to enter the body".
When they lack energy, this "work of pushing out water" becomes a heavy burden.By bringing the salt concentration of the breeding water closer to 0.5 %, the same as the goldfish's body fluid, the goldfish can turn the energy used for this work to "self-healing power" to heal its own body.
Meaning of the number 0.5 %
5 grams of salt for 1 liter of water.This slight but accurate number leads to deep peace for goldfish.Compared to being in fresh water, the body becomes easier with buoyancy, and breathing becomes calm.
Create a state close to "rest" or "IV drip" for humans in the water.Remove unnecessary stimuli and wait believing in the "power to become healthy" that life originally possesses.That quiet time often becomes the shortest way to recovery.
Gaze supporting the independence of life
When facing illness, we tend to rush thinking "I have to cure it somehow".However, isn't it really important to gently arrange the environment so that the goldfish can stand up on its own power?
Just watch over the strength of life trying to regain balance with its own power.I think that way of snuggling up overlaps somewhere with the trust relationship between humans and the state of mind when trying to overcome difficulties.
To regain a healthy rhythm
Salt bathing is one of the simplest cares to give goldfish a "time not to work hard".Until the moment when gloss returns to the scales and they start swimming powerfully with their own power again, we just want to arrange the best environment and believe in their vitality.
We, Jun * Juane, also hope to continue to carefully draw such healthy strength of life and the gentle gaze supporting it through our works.
Osmotic Pressure Adjustment: A mechanism by which fish keep the water and salt balance inside and outside the body constant.Freshwater fish such as goldfish constantly consume energy to excrete water entering the body due to osmotic pressure, and it has been physiologically proven that salt bathing reduces this burden.
Maximizing Self - Healing Power: Rather than expecting a direct sterilization effect(unless it is a high concentration) from the salt bath itself, it is recommended as an auxiliary therapy that makes it easier to exert the original immune function and natural healing ability by reducing the metabolic burden on the individual.
