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How to get saltwater at 1.25 specific gravity?

post #1 of 5
12/6/11 at 12:11pm
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I bought an algae culture to feed to my brine shrimp.  Im supposed to make a container of saltwater at 1.25 specific gravity. I want to have a total of 24oz. How much salt by weight should I add? I guess thats about 35ppm. I have a ppm calculator and it says to use .024 grams but that doesnt seem right.

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post #2 of 5
12/6/11 at 2:25pm

So are you feeding brian shrimp, I would use bakers yeast, wheat flour, soybean powder, egg yolk, cheeper than algae culture. But to answer your question do a water change to your DT and use the disgarded water for your brian shrimp. If your tank is lower than 1.026 than just add salt til you get there.

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post #3 of 5
12/6/11 at 2:41pm
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Well I dont have a DT and I dont know what that is. Im actually feeding some genuine sea monkeys that Ive been growing for a few years now and thought it would be fun to feed them real live algae. I already bought and received the culture in the mail so there's no turning back now. I actually reposted this in the proper part of the forum and got the details on how to do it. Thanks though.

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post #4 of 5
12/7/11 at 4:53am

Add 2 tablespoonfuls of salt to 32 ounces of water.

 

Do not use table salt.  You will need aquarium salt designed for saltwater aquariums to grow saltwater algae.

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post #5 of 5
12/16/11 at 5:33am
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Originally Posted by Bang Guy View Post

Add 2 tablespoonfuls of salt to 32 ounces of water.

 

Do not use table salt.  You will need aquarium salt designed for saltwater aquariums to grow saltwater algae.



Agreed.

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