Salinity at 1.035.

[Reef Swimmer]

I'm mixing up 5g of water for a water change using Kent's pro reef salt and my salinity is way off the charts. The directions say 1/2 cup per gallon of water. So 5 gallons is 3 cups of salt.

[reefreak]

2.5 cups three cups is half a cup too many.

[Reef Swimmer]

Crap. I did this last time and it didn't affect them at all. What can I do to fix this.

[kkiel02]

Add a gallon of ro water.

[Scutterborn]

Add a gallon of ro water.

+1


- Ben -

[Reef Swimmer]

Ok did that. Everything looks good.

[REBridges]

On my red sea salt I got 2 1/4 cups...even though it says to do more...

[Zack]

David, you gotta be more careful with this things. You had started a thread about this not too long ago and others said the three cups was too much to add.

[Big_Pun]

i dont even go by directions i add a few let it mix a while test it adjust slowly till i get the right reading. it may take a lil longer but i like add a lil at a time till i hit my desired number in refractometer

[jrossjr79]

I personally use the 1/2 cup to gallon method as a guide line, however for some reason there are times it is a little high, sometimes a little low and I add either more salt or more water accordingly.

[jrsatx20]

David, you gotta be more careful with this things. You had started a thread about this not too long ago and others said the three cups was too much to add.

take it easy. we were all new to the hobby at one time. we are here to help.

btw its these things

[Zack]

Maybe that sounded a bit harsher then it was supposed to be,

David, here's the post I was referring to, I think it may have gotten buried under the discussion of temp vs salinity reading.


Ok I want to make sure I got this right. According to Kent's instructions I add half a cup plus 2 tbsp per gallon of water. So if I'm doing a 5 g water change I use 3 cups and 2 tbsp to get a gravity of 1.024 to 1.026.


Dude....1/2 cup of salt to every gallon.....

5 gallons.......... is 2 1/2 cups of salt.......

dont worry about the tablespoons..... just pull out which ever meter you test your salinty with and adjust after the water has mixed well, usually over night.

When mixing water, I always add a bit less then recommended, then test it, because raising your salinity is much easier then lowering it (adding salt vs adding water) especially when using a 5 gallon bucket.

I'd also add that it's best to mix water, and then test in the bucket before adding to the tank. This way, if the salinity is say, 1.023 in the bucket, vs 1.027 in the you don't peeve your corals off from the salinity change. If you need a floating hydrometer I have one I can give you.

[Reef Swimmer]

Yeah I forgot about that.

[rrasco]

I typically find I have to add more salt than recommended. I think it's b/c most salts mix closer to 1.023 than 1.026 with their recommendations.

[coralreefexplore]

In a reef and fish aquarium what do y'all think should be the recommended salinity level?

CoralReefExplore

[rrasco]

In a reef and fish aquarium what do y'all think should be the recommended salinity level?

CoralReefExplore

1.026

[Reef Swimmer]

Ok I just tested my salinity and its 35ppm or 1.027. Way better than last night. Now to just get through this stinkin diatom bloom (augh). Diatoms (POUND sign)

[REBridges]

I think its safe to say some of us run our salinty different based on our tank setup and how it reacts to it. Most of us will run 1.025-1.028. I run mine at 1.026