converting freshwater tank to salt

[silverado61]

If you use a shrimp, it's best to use a raw table shrimp. Buy a pound from your grocery store, use one for the tank and enjoy the rest. I suggest you put the shrimp in a piece of ladies nylon, tie it closed then just toss it in. The shrimp will start to decompose and fall apart. The nylon makes it easier to get it all out without making a mess.

 

[pegasus]

If you use a shrimp, it's best to use a raw table shrimp. Buy a pound from your grocery store, use one for the tank and enjoy the rest. I suggest you put the shrimp in a piece of ladies nylon, tie it closed then just toss it in. The shrimp will start to decompose and fall apart. The nylon makes it easier to get it all out without making a mess.
+1

 

[mauler]

Ill do just that and what's a good test kit?

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3547818
Ill do just that and what's a good test kit?

Hi...

I personally like the Seachem kits, each test comes with a regent to be able to double check the test results, after the test kits (any brand) get close to a year old, it's iffy on their accuracy, with a test regent you can be sure the test is still accurate enough to trust. Instant Ocean is the easiest to read of all the kits I have ever used.

API reads high on nitrates...4Xs higher according to GeriDoc, our resident scientist.

For some reason... when I first got on this site, nobody liked RedSea (the test kit I was using at the time) I never understood why, they claimed they weren't accurate, but mine read the same as the API they told me to get...now API have fallen out of the site majorities good standing.

Now the majority rule is to get SeaChem, Salifert or Instant Ocean

 

[mauler]

Do they have like a master kit cause all I'm seeing is individual tests like one for nitrite one nitrates exc.....

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3547831
Do they have like a master kit cause all I'm seeing is individual tests like one for nitrite one nitrates exc.....

Hi,

They don't call it a master kit...they call it a multi kit and the one with a phosphate test in it is a multi reef kit.

 

[mauler]

I added salt to my tank last night and the water is still murky is that normal

 

[pegasus]

Umm...you should NEVER add salt to the tank. Mix your saltwater in a separate container and let it blend overnight by using a pump or powerhead. Then add the saltwater to the tank.

 

[trigger40]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3548034
I added salt to my tank last night and the water is still murky is that normal
yea it will take a few days to clear up and level out then you add sand and rock.

 

[mauler]

Alright I thought there was something wrong with my salt so that's a relief

 

[mauler]

I thought you only had to pre mix once you had fish in there cause I added it to a completely empty tank

 

[trigger40]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3548047
I thought you only had to pre mix once you had fish in there cause I added it to a completely empty tankyour right
your right i think pegasus just miss understood

 

[mauler]

Alright good I thought I messed up already

 

[trigger40]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3548067
Alright good I thought I messed up already
haha, but you are on the right track just give the salt a few days to become stable then get your sand.

 

[mauler]

Good and is it worth the extra money to get live sand?

 

[trigger40]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3548074
Good and is it worth the extra money to get live sand?
yes you do want live sand but all you need is a little and the rest dosent haft to be. the little bit of live sand that you put in will seed the rest.

 

[mauler]

Is there a preferred brand?

 

[bang guy]

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Originally Posted by mauler http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3548090
Is there a preferred brand?

This is the good stuff ---> https://www.saltwaterfish.com/product-premium-keys-live-sand-10lbs-free-shipping#.U7oJsu9OVwU

 

[pegasus]

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Originally Posted by trigger40 http:///t/397664/converting-freshwater-tank-to-salt/240#post_3548049
your right i think pegasus just miss understood
I did... I thought the tank had sand and rocks in it.

 

[mauler]

Nope it was empty but now there's sand and rocks. I also have a question what are some tangs I could put in my tank? I was thinking a orange shoulder or lieutenant tang