high salinity

I am using Red Sea Coral Pro Salt. The bucket says to use 40g / liter and mix for 20 minutes to an hour. I have something along the lines of this which is not aquarium specific and I use it to make 20 liters of distilled water. I add 800g of salt and point a powerhead at the bottom. I move the...

Anyone know why I am getting 1.030 salinity from Instant Ocean Reef Crystals? I'm mixing up two gallons for my water change tomorrow and just tested the salinity and I don't understand how it's so high. Regardless I'm trying to raise my salinity, it dropped to 1.023, would I be fine to do a...

Hi All, Very new to the hobby and am already obsessed :) Quick question about salinity levels during cycling - - when I tested levels after 48 hours of mixing i landed at 35ppm and decided to fill up my 30 gallon. Prior to filling, I added live sand (and rock). I then added the saltwater and...

Hey! Finally got a new refractometer. I calibrated it using distilled water and took a reading of the tank. 1.033! Usually the tank runs around 1.026 although lately it’s been closer to 1.024 Recent changes: I moved houses and changed 50% of the water in the 29gals I upgraded within two weeks...

Hi there I noticed that my salinity had risen to 1.030 yesterday so I started to bring it down and got it to 1.026/7 I just come home from work to find my powder blue tang like this I was wondering if it was the salinity that’s caused him stressed and this is white spot that’s developed or...