Hi
I bought the last bucket of salt at PetSmart and the price was the Amazon one, so good deal. And after I had done a water change and tested water I realized that there is something wrong with the salt. I took like 5 tests in total to check the salt, mixed it well before put to water etc.
I did a massive water change because I was setting up hospital tanks and I wanted to use DT water to not stress that much my fish.
So, my parameters are more or less the same as freshly mixed salt:
alk 7.6
ph 8.3
mg 1180
ca 370
Everywhere I read it is said that my parameters are too low but is it really that bad and I should do something right away to slowly raised them to lets say ca 420 and mg 1300 using new bucket of salt, start dosing (I have pump) or just don't worry and do weekly water changes?
I am really upset, my first bucket of salt was perfect, this one has low params. How can I achieve stability. I don't want to switch salt, other brands are more expensive, like 200% more expensive.
I bought the last bucket of salt at PetSmart and the price was the Amazon one, so good deal. And after I had done a water change and tested water I realized that there is something wrong with the salt. I took like 5 tests in total to check the salt, mixed it well before put to water etc.
I did a massive water change because I was setting up hospital tanks and I wanted to use DT water to not stress that much my fish.
So, my parameters are more or less the same as freshly mixed salt:
alk 7.6
ph 8.3
mg 1180
ca 370
Everywhere I read it is said that my parameters are too low but is it really that bad and I should do something right away to slowly raised them to lets say ca 420 and mg 1300 using new bucket of salt, start dosing (I have pump) or just don't worry and do weekly water changes?
I am really upset, my first bucket of salt was perfect, this one has low params. How can I achieve stability. I don't want to switch salt, other brands are more expensive, like 200% more expensive.