weighing saltmix's

swissgaurd · Apr 15, 2012

i weigh my saltmix before adding it to water ,i find this faster and takes alot of guessing out of my salinity
mix my salinity at 1.025

with the saltmix i use it takes 617grams to make 4 gallons of saltwater

im curious what other saltmix's weigh in at

vic

pumarjr · Apr 15, 2012

it all depends on brand, I use ESV 4 part and love it. My mix is for 1 us gal as follows.

8.16lbs of r/o di, 91g of Sodium Chloride, 25g of Mg Sulfate, then 49g of liquid component A, and 21g of component B.

swissgaurd · Apr 15, 2012

i use the redsea coral pro

vic

swissgaurd · Apr 16, 2012

wow i must be the only one that weighs there salt.lol

vic

kschweer · Apr 16, 2012

I weigh my salt too. To make 4 gallons of water at 1.025 I use 500 grams of aquavitro salinity.

Reef Breeders · Apr 16, 2012

LOL it is waaayyy easier to use a measuring cup, then a refractometer to be sure IME.

revhtree · Apr 16, 2012

That is GENIUS! I love that idea! LOL!

mallorieGgator · Apr 16, 2012

We weigh our salt too but we also use red sea coral pro.

my hubby has got it down to an exact science. Lol

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revhtree · Apr 16, 2012

What do you weigh it on?

kschweer · Apr 16, 2012

I use a digital scale I got from a cooking supply store.

Steven R · Apr 16, 2012

I normally use half cup to one gallon and i come out with a sg of 1.025 using neomarine by brightwell

mallorieGgator · Apr 16, 2012

We use a gram/ounce scale that we got from walmart I think

swissgaurd · Apr 16, 2012

i make up 16 gallons at a time
perfect every time
anyone weigh reef crystals or instant ocean

spsreefer · Apr 16, 2012

I weigh my salt too using a digital shipping scale. To get 1.025 salinity (34ppt) I mix 15 ounces of DD salt with 3 gallons of DI water. For the most part it's pretty consistent, but sometimes it would vary by .001

jonbar1 · Apr 16, 2012

I weigh my ESV out with a digital scale sold at seedy gas stations for $15.

kschweer · Apr 16, 2012

Funny story about weighing salt on a digital scale. I was in the middle of mixing up saltwater and the cable guy came to fix my cable. I didn't even think of how bad it looked and just let him in. Let's just say he did a triple take of the digital scale with a cup of white powder on it. He seemed kind of nervous till I explained it to him.

BarbH · Apr 16, 2012

kschweer said:
Funny story about weighing salt on a digital scale. I was in the middle of mixing up saltwater and the cable guy came to fix my cable. I didn't even think of how bad it looked and just let him in. Let's just say he did a triple take of the digital scale with a cup of white powder on it. He seemed kind of nervous till I explained it to him.

LOL now that is funny