Aquarium salt is a very handy tool for all aquarium keepers but specifically for shrimp keepers. Aquarium salt is used to treat shrimp parasites such a vorticella and scutariella japonica. These are common parasites that come in with imported shrimp. There are two methods we have we use for treating treating shrimp for parasites with aquarium salt.
Method 1 to Treat Parasites: