Hello all, I almost have everything I need to set up my first salt water tank.
I have questions about salt mix and ph though.
I'm coming from shrimp only tanks where I mix minerals to a gh of 4-5 and 0 kh and then in the tank there is soil that buffers the ph to 5.5-6.
My question is when mixing salt does that give the proper ph as well? I am using caribsea fiji pink sand. Will that buffer the salt mix to the right ph in the tank?
I've watched a lot of videos and read another of articles but have found nothing about the ph of freshly mixed salt water. Also I assume that the salt mix will have the right kh and as far as I can figure out gh doesn't matter.
I have questions about salt mix and ph though.
I'm coming from shrimp only tanks where I mix minerals to a gh of 4-5 and 0 kh and then in the tank there is soil that buffers the ph to 5.5-6.
My question is when mixing salt does that give the proper ph as well? I am using caribsea fiji pink sand. Will that buffer the salt mix to the right ph in the tank?
I've watched a lot of videos and read another of articles but have found nothing about the ph of freshly mixed salt water. Also I assume that the salt mix will have the right kh and as far as I can figure out gh doesn't matter.