jvermeulen
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My salinity is at 36! What do I do to get it back to 25?!
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Salinity!
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Pufferpunk
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Water changes with RODI water. What are you using to measure? Has it been calibrated?
Milhouse
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Slowly, and i mean SLOWLY remove some tank water with a cup and throw it away. Replace it with fresh RO/DI water. Sounds like you have been topping off with saltwater and not fresh.
Depending on the size of your tank, i would say do a solo cup in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Depending on the size of your tank, i would say do a solo cup in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Pufferpunk
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How large is your system?
Triggerdood
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What size tank is this, and reef, or fowlr?
jvermeulen
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I just bought a salinity meter today all I saw was it Go to 36 I'll check again when I get home in a min. I have 28g nano cube
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ColaAddict
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1st if your tank looks fine, don't do drastic changes or you will crash your tank. Make slow changes.
Make sure your tool is calibrated!
If it's high and your tank looks like crap, then drop it fast.
If it's 36ppm, then you can drop it to 35ppm. Doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, since it's pretty close.
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Make sure your tool is calibrated!
If it's high and your tank looks like crap, then drop it fast.
If it's 36ppm, then you can drop it to 35ppm. Doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, since it's pretty close.
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Top Water
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It's a 28 gal nano your water volume is so small it doesn't take much evaporation and your salinity is going to change.
You can just take a bucket of water with no salt in it set at a higher point than tank and pretend your drip acclimating a fish (1/4 " air hose works great) and remove water from the tank until the level desired is reached . Goal is .023 for fish only and .025-.026 for a reef and one of those plastic hydrometers actual work being I use both a plastic cheap one and high grade side by side and are extremely close in fact plastic never gets out of calibration.
You can just take a bucket of water with no salt in it set at a higher point than tank and pretend your drip acclimating a fish (1/4 " air hose works great) and remove water from the tank until the level desired is reached . Goal is .023 for fish only and .025-.026 for a reef and one of those plastic hydrometers actual work being I use both a plastic cheap one and high grade side by side and are extremely close in fact plastic never gets out of calibration.
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jvermeulen
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Almost perfect get that arrow on the next line lower 1.026 where the red starts and your there
Your salinity may fluctuate a little as long as nothing extreme and sudden .
That's the plastic hygrometer I use side by side with my good one.
QUOTE=jvermeulen;232616]View attachment 1002 here's where it's at, is this ok?
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Your salinity may fluctuate a little as long as nothing extreme and sudden .
That's the plastic hygrometer I use side by side with my good one.
QUOTE=jvermeulen;232616]View attachment 1002 here's where it's at, is this ok?
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jvermeulen
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How do I get it to that lower line?
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Top Water
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Add a little top off water with no salt remove a little from tank as needed
If you are ever in Lockport you can stop by and I can answer any questions and show you on one of my systems
If you are ever in Lockport you can stop by and I can answer any questions and show you on one of my systems
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jvermeulen
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Does it have to be r/o water
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Top Water
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No hurry if you don't have RO or Rodi don't want to use tap water because it has chlorine in it.
jvermeulen
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I have a chemical to take out chlorine
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Ro and Rodi are filtered and don't have the other things that also are in unverified tap water.
Tap water is not recommended however some do use.
Tap water is not recommended however some do use.