how to lower salinity
- Thread starter tony02133
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i keep my salinity at 1.026 personally. but i lower mine by doing water changes. i will keep the salinity low in the water i am getting ready to add to the tank, but in the future if your [FONT=lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif]salinty is real high and you want to bring it down, you need to do it slowly, just to make sure you dont send anything into shock. but you are not far off from you wanna be. [/FONT]
You can use this calculator to get exact gallons. I agree with doing it all at once, via a single change. I've done it this way many times in the past...
http://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/TargetSalinity.php
http://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/TargetSalinity.php
how to lower salinity
I usually let my ATO drip freshwater as well. Ill just let it fill up, then ill scoop a cup or gallon of water out and let the ATO drip some more. It's a nice small water change and slow salinity change. I had to do it once on the 40 when I added an extra scoop of salt to the change water and it took 2 days to go from 1.029 to 1.026 via this method.
I usually let my ATO drip freshwater as well. Ill just let it fill up, then ill scoop a cup or gallon of water out and let the ATO drip some more. It's a nice small water change and slow salinity change. I had to do it once on the 40 when I added an extra scoop of salt to the change water and it took 2 days to go from 1.029 to 1.026 via this method.