water change
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sepulatian
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Originally Posted by jack-a-be
when you do a water change, do you add any salt, i rarely do because my salt test is fine
What do you mean you rarely add salt when you do a water change? You just use fresh water? Can you post your water parameters for us? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, salinity, and temp?
when you do a water change, do you add any salt, i rarely do because my salt test is fine
What do you mean you rarely add salt when you do a water change? You just use fresh water? Can you post your water parameters for us? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, salinity, and temp?
birdmom
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Originally Posted by sepulatian
What do you mean you rarely add salt when you do a water change? You just use fresh water? Can you post your water parameters for us? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, salinity, and temp?
I 2nd that Q sepulatian!
Do you mean Water Change or Top Off??
What are you using to test your salinity?
If you are replenishing evaporated water you should use pure water. But you should still check the levels an hour after adding it to your tank & adjust if needed.
When doing a water change, the water you replace should be as close as possible to the salinity (or specific gravity) of the water in your tank.
(the temp should be close as well)
Hope this helps
What do you mean you rarely add salt when you do a water change? You just use fresh water? Can you post your water parameters for us? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, salinity, and temp?
I 2nd that Q sepulatian!
Do you mean Water Change or Top Off??
What are you using to test your salinity?
If you are replenishing evaporated water you should use pure water. But you should still check the levels an hour after adding it to your tank & adjust if needed.
When doing a water change, the water you replace should be as close as possible to the salinity (or specific gravity) of the water in your tank.
(the temp should be close as well)
Hope this helps
jack-a-be
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i replace evaporated water about a gallon a week if not more in the winter. i live in indiana and it is very dry right now. and yes i do use pure water to replace it. i only add salt about every other week, or my salt gets to high. all the levels are just fine. i just get a lot of brown alge. any help with that.
birdmom
Member
Originally Posted by jack-a-be
i replace evaporated water about a gallon a week if not more in the winter. i live in indiana and it is very dry right now. and yes i do use pure water to replace it. i only add salt about every other week, or my salt gets to high. all the levels are just fine. i just get a lot of brown alge. any help with that.
So you are only replacing evaporated water, tossing in some salt at random & do not do a water change?? This is an established tank??
How do you know your levels are fine? Could you post your test results?
What are you using to test your water?
I am unable to address the amount of evaporation as I live in a dry area & run a dehumidifier in the level my tank is located.
But you should really consider doing a regular water change.
(taking out a certain amount & replacing it with water mixed with the approriate amount of salt) on a weekly basis.
If you are not cleaning out your filters you should do that as well.
The "Brown algae" could be caused by a number of problems. You need to post you test results & temp.
Sometimes fluxuating temps in the tank will cause die off & it is easy to mistake this as overgrowth or diatoms.
Just my honest opinion.
HUGS, Birdmom
i replace evaporated water about a gallon a week if not more in the winter. i live in indiana and it is very dry right now. and yes i do use pure water to replace it. i only add salt about every other week, or my salt gets to high. all the levels are just fine. i just get a lot of brown alge. any help with that.
So you are only replacing evaporated water, tossing in some salt at random & do not do a water change?? This is an established tank??
How do you know your levels are fine? Could you post your test results?
What are you using to test your water?
I am unable to address the amount of evaporation as I live in a dry area & run a dehumidifier in the level my tank is located.
But you should really consider doing a regular water change.
(taking out a certain amount & replacing it with water mixed with the approriate amount of salt) on a weekly basis.
If you are not cleaning out your filters you should do that as well.
The "Brown algae" could be caused by a number of problems. You need to post you test results & temp.
Sometimes fluxuating temps in the tank will cause die off & it is easy to mistake this as overgrowth or diatoms.
Just my honest opinion.
HUGS, Birdmom