Jun 23, 2022 #1 L Le Dirk Community Member View Badges Joined Jan 2, 2020 Messages 97 Reaction score 19 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 So today I tested the salinity of my water, as my corals weren’t looking too hot. It was setting around 1.020, and I thought that maybe a single water change would fix that, but it didn’t. How do I increase my salinity so my corals won’t suffer??
So today I tested the salinity of my water, as my corals weren’t looking too hot. It was setting around 1.020, and I thought that maybe a single water change would fix that, but it didn’t. How do I increase my salinity so my corals won’t suffer??
Jun 23, 2022 #2 Spare time 10K Club member View Badges Joined Apr 12, 2019 Messages 13,208 Reaction score 10,672 Location Here Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Just do more water changes at 1.026/1.027sg or maybe a little higher to raise it up. You can also top off with salt water to raise it up.
Just do more water changes at 1.026/1.027sg or maybe a little higher to raise it up. You can also top off with salt water to raise it up.
Jun 23, 2022 #3 Biglew11 Valuable Member View Badges My Tank Thread Joined May 10, 2020 Messages 1,577 Reaction score 1,885 Location New York Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Turn of ato and replace evaporated water daily with regular saltwater until you reach desired salinity.
Turn of ato and replace evaporated water daily with regular saltwater until you reach desired salinity.
Jun 23, 2022 #4 Tft12 Well-Known Member View Badges Joined May 4, 2017 Messages 512 Reaction score 461 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 To increase salinity slowly, I top off my tank’s evaporation loss with saltwater instead of DI water.
To increase salinity slowly, I top off my tank’s evaporation loss with saltwater instead of DI water.
Jun 27, 2022 #5 OP OP L Le Dirk Community Member View Badges Joined Jan 2, 2020 Messages 97 Reaction score 19 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Spare time said: Just do more water changes at 1.026/1.027sg or maybe a little higher to raise it up. You can also top off with salt water to raise it up. Click to expand... Thank you, I tried just that and I got it slowly back up to 1.025!!
Spare time said: Just do more water changes at 1.026/1.027sg or maybe a little higher to raise it up. You can also top off with salt water to raise it up. Click to expand... Thank you, I tried just that and I got it slowly back up to 1.025!!
Jun 27, 2022 #6 gbru316 Well-Known Member View Badges Joined May 13, 2022 Messages 896 Reaction score 1,638 Location Melbourne, FL Rating - 0% 0 0 0 How do you know that it was really 1.020 and what do you suppose caused it to drop so low?
