Hey guys, so currently my tank is sitting at 1.023. I’d like to try to get my tank back up to the 1.025 range. I do bi-weekly 10% water changes (10g on a ~100 g setup). What do you guys recommend I mix my water change water up to salinity wise in order to slowly bring my salinity back up. I know this could take several weeks/month as not to shock my system. Just want everyone’s 2 cents or opinions as to what they would do. Thanks!!
Raising salinity through water changes....
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NS Mike D
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1.023 SG = about 31ppt
1.025 SG. =. 33 ppt
If you use a mix to 1.026 = 35ppt. you can do it in six changes see below
Play with this calc. It does the math for you.
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1.025 SG. =. 33 ppt
If you use a mix to 1.026 = 35ppt. you can do it in six changes see below
Play with this calc. It does the math for you.
Target Salinity Calculator
Aquarium calculator; Create a water-change schedule that can be used to reach a target salinity.
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mr_noodles
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+1 on this. I neglected to properly monitor my salinity and it dropped from 1.025 to 1.022 over the course of a month. Had corals arrive and noticed it the day of! I Increased to 1.023 the day of and added a little bit of saltwater to my ATO system. Brought it up to 1.0255 in a week.
krash7172
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Here is what I do if salinity is a bit low as I only check every week or two. Do normal WC's at your desired salinity. If you have a reasonable sump, I just put a SMALL amount of salt in there daily. Test before adding salt. Don't raise more than 0.0005/day
Saltyanimals
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Never thought about just adding salt to the talk directly. My initial reaction to hearing that is what if that doesn't dissolve, but then again it may depend on your salt mix. For example. Red Seas are very fine and mix well, I assume it may be a lower risk since there's a good chance of it mixing as part of the flow through the sump. Worst case you get some undissolved granulates into the DT. Prob lower risk, but never thought about it. I've always mixed salt into ATO and let that top off slowly. Especially true when I'm doing large amounts of coral trades and water along with it. I'll see drops in salinity.
