Rasing salinity?

[reefkeeper135]

Trying to raise my salintiy to 1.025 (currently at 1.022) it is a 135 with softies, if I do a water change of say 30gal at 1.025 will that be enough to any change at all?? I know you dont want to raise it too fast. Anyone got any suggestions??

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Just add some salt to your top off water.

[birmy]

I am in the same boat. Tagging along.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I agree that topping off with salt water until it is at your target is the best way.

[reefkeeper135]

So what would you reccomend I set the salinity to on the top off water 1.025? I top of approx. 3-4 gal a day.

[not_sponsored]

Wow that is a lot of evaporation! I do about 3-4 gallons a week on my 75.

but yeah, 1.025 on the top off, do you have an ATO?

[reefkeeper135]

not automatic but I do have a top off tub in the garage that is plumbed in thru the wall and and there is a switch under the tank, just flip the switch and the sump fills up...........just dont walk away......not that I've ever done that OK so maybe once lol

[reefkeeper135]

oops Iam sorry should have said per week, nice catch not_sponsored

[Alaska_Phil]

Adding any salt at all to your top off will bring it up. Just a matter of how fast you want to raise it. Even using 1.010 top off water will eventually bring it up since you're replacing pure evaporation with salt water.

Phil

[Pmolan]

I just dump a cup of salt in the sump (maybe more ) until its reached.

[Aadler]

Why not mix some saltwater to 1.025 and just top off with that until you reach 1.025...? that way you raise it slowly at the rate you are evaping.

I was topping off 3-5g a day on my 140g system until i got my ato which i just remembered i am filling up the 32g brute and prolly overflowing by now *curses*

[reefkeeper135]

just mixed a fresh batch of water to 1.025 will start topping of with that till goalis reached thanks guys

[dsanfilippo]

That's a big negative on the salt in the sump...