salinity of new saltwater aquarium is low?

Question

Hello, my new saltwater tank is now running. although the salinity is low -1.014 / 19ppt. How do i raise it, do i just add more salt mix till it reaches 1.022? also, the only thing in the tank is live sand...

uhh-ohh, i added it right to the aquarium, it is defenately rasing the salinity. it mostly seemed to be getting caught up in the current and dissolving,(i poured it in slowly) before it reached the sand.. How can i make sure it's not sitting at the bottom, in the sand?

Answer 1

Yes, you want to continue adding salt, but don't add it to the aquarium directly. It will all sink to the bottom and create an area with too much salinity and might affect your bacteria.

Instead, take some of the water out (use a clean bottle with the label removed) and mix some salt into the water in the bottle. Add that water into the tank till you get it to the right salinity. Depending on the size of your tank, I'd start with about 1/2 cup and see what effect that has. If all the salt doesn't dissolve, pour off the water from the top and add more water to the bottle as many times as needed.


ADDITION: It will dissolve in a few minutes, but mix the salt outside the tank in the future (you can cause a burn on the fish if concentrated salt touches them!). If you put too much in the tank, you may get the salinity too high. Once it's dissolved, you won't see the salt any more.

Answer 2

Yes add in more salt to correct the salinity and always premix your salt in water first. I wouldn't really worry about it right now that you just added it into the tank. It's kind of hard to mess up at the stage you are at. Any salt that did get to the bottom will eventually dissolve. Since you are cycling your tank you will rebuild any bacteria that may get killed off. Higher salinity has less of an effect on the bacteria than lower salinity though so don't worry to much. By the time your ammonia and nitrites spike then go back to zero and your nitrates have come up there won't be any undissolved salt left. Just keep feeding your tank to keep the bacteria fed. Make sure when you do your water changes after the cycle you make sure the salinity is right before you add it to the tank though.

Answer 3

Keep on adding aquarium salt until the salinity level reaches to where you want it to be.

Answer 4

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