Tbrew Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 How can I maintain my salinity in my 11gal? After it evaporates, salt is supposed to stay in tank, so I add Ro/di water, tested the salinity, and now it's low. Please send me your advice Link to comment
technoshaman Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 some salt to creep if it sprays up and cakes out of system. It shouldnt be too drastic. You can make up a little water for change that's a degree or two higher than tank currently and let it get up to where you want it gradually. Just don't add salt directly to tank unless it's completely empty. Whatever you do raise the salinity gradually maybe 1 point per day is a good rule I heard. Link to comment
HuBu Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 dont add salt to the tank no matter what. always mix the salt in a container with a powerhead and heater, thne pour into the tank. adding RODI water to the tank will help mantain your salinity. what is the salinity of your water by the way? Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 I always scrape the crusty's back off into the tank on my brackish and my nano. Believe it or not I get very litle salt creep on my 5.5 . I stay on top of it every day though. and my evep rate is only like 1/4' a week or so. I have the top covered all but about 2 1/2' gap runing the length of the rear on both. ( my brackish is 100g.) Link to comment
Tbrew Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 I keep my sg 1.024 I use RO/DI water. So far I just take water from main tank (125 gal) and use it for top off. Link to comment
Djm9288 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Is your 125g a FW or SW? Link to comment
Tbrew Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Are people that dumb these days that you would have to ask if I'm putting water from a "fresh tank" into a "salt tank"? LoL It's a 125gallon reef tank. established for about 6months Link to comment
Twins Guy Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 you're the one having salinity issues...and the way it reads and i quote "So far I just take water from main tank (125 gal) and use it for top off." it sounds like you're topping off exclusively with saltwater. DJM is just pointing out that you prolly just use a lil big reef water to compensate for the salinity drop. otherwise your tank would be way over SG. HTH tg Link to comment
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