How do you correct a minor salinity swing

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From testing weekly and my skimmer my salinity droped for 1.026-1.025. Just wondering do most people correct things like this with a water change. Im currently using red sea coral pro and my current alk is 9.9 (been letting drop). Dont want to spike it. I will be buying a new salt next week. I am just going to refill with diluted salt water vefy carefully to 1.026. Was curious how much my alk would rise. I am having a hard time choosing a salt. Thinking hw marine as it closely marches my target param want 8.4 ish dkh
 

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Just add some more saltwater to the tank. As the excess water evaporates it'll gradually increase your SG. Although personally for .001 drop I probably wouldn't do anything except a WC.
 

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From testing weekly and my skimmer my salinity droped for 1.026-1.025. Just wondering do most people correct things like this with a water change. Im currently using red sea coral pro and my current alk is 9.9 (been letting drop). Dont want to spike it. I will be buying a new salt next week. I am just going to refill with diluted salt water vefy carefully to 1.026. Was curious how much my alk would rise. I am having a hard time choosing a salt. Thinking hw marine as it closely marches my target param want 8.4 ish dkh

Skimming will drop salinity, but to drop from 1.026 to 1.025 would require removing ~4% of the tank volume (4 gallons on 100 gallons of water). If you are skimming that much out, definitely look to replace that same amount with salt water each week.
 

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