how much salt do i put in a 10 gal.salt water fish tank?

Answer 1

I don't know but if you don't even know how much salt to put in then I don't think you should have a salt water tank. Salt water tanks aren't easy if you have no idea what you are doing and knowing how much salt to have in there is something basic. The smaller the tanks the harder they are to maintain too. Do a lot of research and find out about all of that type of stuff then see if you still want to try it, I would still suggest a bigger tank though.

Answer 2

Your best bet will be to get a hydrometer and buy a good saltmix. Read the directions as the actual amount of salt may vary a little between brands depending on what the saltmix contains -some may contain extra buffering agents for example. It also depends on the actual amount of water in the tank considering anything that displaces a volume of water -like coral. Get a clean bucket that has never been used for cleaning products and use that as your mixing bucket and prepare a few gallons at a time following the directions.

I do agree, the tank is a little small but not impossible for maybe one small fish, hermit crab or shrimp; or maybe a seahorse (though I have never kept these in a small tank so not 100% sure of their tolerance). The problem you may have is there is little room for error in such a small volume of water. In a big well established tank a fish dying or a tiny bit of overfeeding may not crash the tank but in a small volume of water the effects would be much more severe. As a general rule may reef fish are not tolerant of sudden water changes - the ocean is large enough that the temperature is pretty steady so they have not had to adapt to a rapidly changing environment; a small tank's temperature can fluctuate rapidly depending on the room temperature. Watch the feeding, don't crowd it, small hardy fish, regular water changes, excellent filtration will give you the best chance of success. Of course getting a bigger tank and better filtration would increase your chances of success.

Answer 3

A beginner should never attempt a marine tank with a 10 gallon aquarium. The smallest reccommended for a beginner starting a marine tank is a 55 gallon. You will be setting yourself up for failure and disappointment if you don't arm yourself with all the info you can find on marine aquariums.

You should spend about $500 on all the equipment including tank, stand, lights and filters before you start buying fish. Fish are expensive and delicate. Water needs to be tested at least every few days in a 55 gallon tank. In a 10 gallon, you would have to test almost twice a day to catch any problems before the tank crashes and kills all the fish.

Marine fish are very picky about food and some of the most beautiful and most expensive fish will only eat certain organisms that live in live rock which is sold by the pound at about $8-10 a pound. You would need around a hundred pounds of live rock and a deep live sand bed to keep one mandarin goby alive. Needles to say, that wouldn't fit in a 10....

Go to "About.com" and follow their links to setting up and maintaining a marine aquarium before you start. They have a lot of good info there.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Coral is a saltwater animal. it really is amazingly gentle to salinity and water chemistry and could die in freshwater tanks. utilising a coral skeleton as a ornament in freshwater might want to be achieved, in spite of the indisputable fact that it will boost pH and sharp edges might want to be risky to lengthy finned fish. also, the way it became wiped clean is important, and far of the skeletons are also dyed. in case you want a coral ornament, faux will be suitable. in case you want a puzzling water tank with a larger pH, good prepared coral skeletons might want for use. Blue ridge coral skeletons are a difficulty-loose fashionable as they are certainly blue. maximum organic skeletons will be white. Barnacle shells are similar in that they could boost pH and hardness, as are different shells.

Answer 5

I really would never ever reccomend a ten gallon marine aquarium. What are you planning on keeping in it?

Answer 6

5 cups. half a cup per gallon