Instant Ocean Salt mixing

[PhilipS]

Cheap power head and dedicated barrel or garbage can.

Add a little so none falls out of suspension. Wait an hour and keep testing and adding.

I won’t add any residual undissolved salts to the sump.

 

[Greg P]

@Dawson_hatton
How much water do you make per batch?

I tried that above linked salt calculator but didn't like having to go to the web each time hence my method

 

[PhilipS]

10 gallons for me.

Fresh salt yields less undissolved salts.

Using refractometer.

 

[Greg P]

10 gallons for me.

Fresh salt yields less undissolved salts.

Using refractometer.

How much salt do you use in that 10g and how do you measure it?

 

[lelandmarine]

i weigh the amount needed, seems to be the most consistent way

 

[Greg P]

Cheap power head and dedicated barrel or garbage can.

Add a little so none falls out of suspension. Wait an hour and keep testing and adding.

I won’t add any residual undissolved salts to the sump.

I've never had IO leave any undissolved salts behind. Only floating clay

 

[Ssdangeranger]

Just did something like this. If you do 35 grams of salt per liter it gives you 1.025 salinity. I mix roughly 32 gallons at a time so that’s 9.35 pounds of salt I think

 

[FishTruck]

I splurged on a nice deli scale and through trial and error figured out exactly what to mix in the volume of my mixing container and just did that every time.

 

[LTC0405]

Use a refractometer. Only way to be sure

 

[sharnval]

alright so i’ve been wondering about this for a while, how many cups of instant ocean salt should I use to get 1.025? the back of the bag gives instructions saying 1/2 cup per gallon for 1.022 but I need 1.025 if I want to get coral and I can’t seem to get it up past 1.21-23. I’ve been adding small amounts of more salt to my dosages (about 1/8th of a cup) randomly to see if it raises it a little (I don’t wanna raise it too much on accident) but it still doesn’t move it much at all. so basically all i’m asking is: does anyone know the exact amount of instant ocean to use for 1.024-26

I use 1 cup per gallon of RODI