Raising SG

[drew2005]

Will my clean up crew notice a change in SG from 1.023 to 1.025? Im doing a 10% change tomm and id like to raise it up a lil.

 

[mudplayerx]

That is fine, but just don't change it more than 0.002 in a 24 hour period.

 

[bigarn]

IMO they'll be fine.
I second Muds advice. :yes:

 

[drew2005]

Cool. So I assume i mix a 5 gallon bucket of saltwater to 1.025 right?

 

[mudplayerx]

I think it is slightly more complicated than that. You will have to make the replacement water slightly more salty than the tank if you want the salinity overall to raise to 1.025. Try making the water in the bucket 1.026 or even 1.027.
ps- if you have a doser, I'd even set that up to add the new saltwater. If you don't have one, you can easily make a crude one by using an old (clean) gallon jug. Just poke a hole in the bottom and a hole in the cap. You can insert airline tubing in the hole in the bottom to direct the drip into the tank.

 

[drew2005]

ok this didnt exactly give me the results i was looking for.

The SG only went up a lil bit. Its borderline 1.024. Would it be ok to mix another bucket at like 1.027 and just use that to top off my wet/dry?

 

[mudplayerx]

I'm sure it will be fine. Thats how I raised my salinity when I had to in the past. My specific gravity was about 1.024 and I raised it to 1.026 over about 3 days by adding topoff water with 1.027 specific gravity.