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[madnessknight89]

Ok so I dont have a ato and I fill my 29 gallon tank (~40 gallon with sump)up with buckets, I have 3 with salt and 3 with fresh at all times. My roommate brought in a saltwater one on monday thinking it was fresh and we have been topping off with it I checked the salt levels and there at 1.028ish do I remove water and just all at one time drop it back to .025 or slowly do it?!?!?!?! Plz help dont have much money to restock

 

[madnessknight89]

All the buckets now have big "S" for salt and "F" for fresh

 

[dadof4]

1.028 is high but not dangerously high IMHO. Bring it back slowly by doing smaller daily water changes with FW until it's normal.

 

[madnessknight89]

Thank you

 

[madnessknight89]

I did remove 3 pints and replace with 3 fresh already so ill keep u up to date

 

[zforce]

That's not dangerously high, just remove a cup or so of your tank water when topping off. Keep checkin....

 

[madnessknight89]

So what is dangerously high?

 

[zforce]

Depends on what u r trying to keep alive, inverts are more sensitive to quick changes in salinity. Anything more than 3 SD's from X = average 1.026, so.......beep bop boop.......+ or - 0.004. Or > 1.030 or <1.022

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Take it slow. Animals can adapt to their environment.