Losing Salt

[harley79]

Can anyone give some reasons as to why I would lose salt in my 10 gal tank? I check the salinity in my tank and one day it was perfect and the next day it was low?
Thank You Tammy

 

[cmaxwell39]

What are you using to measure your salinity? If anything the SG should actually go up a little due to evaporation.

 

[dazed2040]

agreed you should see a spike not a decrease

 

[salt210]

unless there is a lot of splashing going on causing salt creep somewhere

 

[lil.guppy]

When I check my water that has been sitting in a bucket pre mixed its cold and the salinity has dropped at least 2 points then when I mixed it to begin with when it was warm. When I warm the water up it goes back to normal.

 

[culp]

Originally Posted by salt210
http:///forum/post/3026458
unless there is a lot of splashing going on causing salt creep somewhere
i have had that problem before.

 

[bizzmoneyb]

are you using a hydrometer or refractometer to check the salinity?

 

[pezenfuego]

Originally Posted by lil.guppy
http:///forum/post/3026466
When I check my water that has been sitting in a bucket pre mixed its cold and the salinity has dropped at least 2 points then when I mixed it to begin with when it was warm. When I warm the water up it goes back to normal.
That shouldn't happen if you have an atc refractometer.

 

[pbienkiewi]

What is the temperature variation you are having? Temperature variations will affect salinity. Refractometer checks/calibrates the temperature when checking Specific Gravity.