Esv salt salinity

[jerl77]

I mix 50 gallons today I waited 6 hour I.got.a reading of 1.039 to high.for me so can I add fresh ro water to it to bring it down and yes I calabrated my refractor will this effect the other parts I add mag and part a and.part b?

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[House of Laughter]

That's not right - the mixture needs to be exact - if measured correctly it measures 1.023 out of the box.

make sure you MEASURE the gallons - not guess with a 5g bucket where everyone swears 5g is.

Not trying to be rude, but if you're using this salt you MUST measure all parts including the water.

Hope that helps,

House

 

[jerl77]

Ok I checked it 16 times now what do I do to lower it?

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[strgazr27]

Jim,

It's that exact huh? I ask as I will be making the switch. I also use a 5 gallon bucket to mix. Guess I'm going to have to use a rinsed out milk container now to measure

 

[marrone]

Yes, just add more water until you bring it down.

 

[jerl77]

What about water temp?so I can add ro water to adjust what happins. To mag and kh. And the other levels

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[strgazr27]

I think you'd need to adjust just this batch no? From here on out if you measure it shouldn't change the dosing amounts right?

 

[jerl77]

I followed the paper for 50 gallons I am not getting this salt why is it so high?

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[marrone]

It looks like you either measure the wrong amounts or didn't have the correct amount of water. What I would do is check which thing you didn't do correct, and then adjust from there. So if you did everything correct, outside of the wrong amount of water, just add more water. At that point check the levels, Alk, Cal, Mag and SG. If the Mag is off you can just add more, same thing withe Cal and Alk.

 

[garys reef]

if u measured all componets right u just didnt add enough water just add some water and u will be fine i just made some tonight i use the line that is about an inch or so from the top of the 5 gallon bucket

 

[jerl77]

Part a is alk?

It looks like you either measure the wrong amounts or didn't have the correct amount of water. What I would do is check which thing you didn't do correct, and then adjust from there. So if you did everything correct, outside of the wrong amount of water, just add more water. At that point check the levels, Alk, Cal, Mag and SG. If the Mag is off you can just add more, same thing withe Cal and Alk.

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[Josh]

Something is wrong, and since you don't know what it is you should throw out the water and start over. I've made this mistake a couple of times and you won't know what part you made the mistake on.

 

[garys reef]

i think part a is cal not sure though

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Yes, just add more water until you bring it down.

Do not do this. Scrap the batch an start over. Or Add water and test SG. Alk. Cal. and Mag.

 

[Josh]

Four parts:

1 - solid - salt
2 - solid -magnesium
3 - liquid - calcium
4 - liquid - alk and trace

You can't just add water to bring down the salinity, the batch is ruined and you need to start over.

 

[jerl77]

Really that sucks. I am going to work om it tomorrow I guess I am not liking this salt lol

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[Og Drogon]

When I mix it I always get a reading of 1.020 never lower or higher :-/


Fix Your Fin Or Get Your Fin Fixed!

 

[mbg75]

add water and test the cal, alk and mag. mine comes out at 1.024

 

[strgazr27]

Really that sucks. I am going to work om it tomorrow I guess I am not liking this salt lol

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Glad you get to make the mistakes and I learn from them Lol....

 

[jerl77]

What is part a? Cal or alk?

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