Hello fellow saltines,
I know this is such a lame question but I'm kind of confused about mixing salt (temp and time). There are plenty of threads on here but they haven't helped.
I currently have a brackish tank that isn't heated. I let it rise and fall with the seasons so my saltwater is mixed at room temp (currently 74) and I go for an s.g. of 1.010. The inhabitants of the tank are thriving but the very nature of brackish inhabitants makes them hardy to changing conditions. I have finally taken the plunge and purchased a little 5g AIO that will be my first full saltwater tank, fish only for now. I am striving for an s.g. of 1.024 at 77 degrees. This is about 31ppt. Do I mix it at 77? Threads on here suggest mixing it cold because the salt dissolves easier then heating it but won't the s.g. change doing it this way? Salinity goes up the lower the temp correct? Or shod I be mixing it to ppt in which case I'm assuming temp doesn't matter correct?
It seems like I've been adding a ton of salt to 5g of water at 77 and the s.g. is going up so slowly. It seems like the ppt is also going up way to slow. I'm afraid I have added too much salt. I thought maybe my salinity pen had gone wonky so I put it into my brackish tank and it's bang on at 1.010.
Am I mixing it right?
Thanks!!
I know this is such a lame question but I'm kind of confused about mixing salt (temp and time). There are plenty of threads on here but they haven't helped.
I currently have a brackish tank that isn't heated. I let it rise and fall with the seasons so my saltwater is mixed at room temp (currently 74) and I go for an s.g. of 1.010. The inhabitants of the tank are thriving but the very nature of brackish inhabitants makes them hardy to changing conditions. I have finally taken the plunge and purchased a little 5g AIO that will be my first full saltwater tank, fish only for now. I am striving for an s.g. of 1.024 at 77 degrees. This is about 31ppt. Do I mix it at 77? Threads on here suggest mixing it cold because the salt dissolves easier then heating it but won't the s.g. change doing it this way? Salinity goes up the lower the temp correct? Or shod I be mixing it to ppt in which case I'm assuming temp doesn't matter correct?
It seems like I've been adding a ton of salt to 5g of water at 77 and the s.g. is going up so slowly. It seems like the ppt is also going up way to slow. I'm afraid I have added too much salt. I thought maybe my salinity pen had gone wonky so I put it into my brackish tank and it's bang on at 1.010.
Am I mixing it right?
Thanks!!