Salinity question

[tarrahsmom]

How do you get the salinity to go up. i have added salt water a few times but it is still reading a little low.

 

[moneyman]

Keep adding salt water to replenish your evaporated water. What size is your tank? what's your current salinity? your target salinity?

 

[trippkid]

Those ?'s should be answered first, but you are probably going to have to mix up your salt water the same way, but add a little more salt to your mix. Do not adjust too quickly though. I say maybe half of a point per week until you get it to where you want it. Then when you are making up your SW mix for water changes, you'll have to adjust a little bit the amount of salt you put in. I find about 1/2 cup of salt per gallon will get you around 1.021-1.023 depending on the salt you use. To go higher than this you need to add a little more salt. How much are you making up at a time? How often do you do water changes?

 

[aztec reef]

just keep adding salt but you shoul make a bucket of freshly mix salt then add little by little if you drip add that will be better to minimize the fluctuation also you could do water changes with a little higher salinity than your tank water (take it slow)

 

[hot883]

What is the target s.g.?
What is the s.g. now?
Whats the size of the tank?

 

[bang guy]

Just use normal saltwater for topoff.
Using high salinity water for a water change is too fast and you also run the risk of precipitation while mixing up super saturated saltwater.