too much salt in tank??

[jhebi]

need some help, just started a 55gl but i believe the salt reading is too high, it passed the actual reading i need on the salt level

how can i lower? can someone help me...

thank you

 

[Omega]

Well IMO i would say it should work the same as topping up the water just add a little bit of water without any salt over periods of time to get the levels correct.

I am a newbie so just hang around until one of the experts can answer you.

 

[greenmaji]

If you dont have any inhabitants yet.. well.. change some water and put in some freshwater (like RO/DI water) to lower the salinity level. If you have critters thought it would have to be done slowly.. Im gathering you dont have anything yet though..

 

[b.askew]

partial water change using dechlorinated FW. What are you using to check the salinity? Hydrometers can be very inaccurate. I used two different brands of hydrometers, both give different readings. I ended up taking a sample to the LFS and just doing an avg. of about 5 hydrometers total them marked my hydrometers so I know what they are actually reading.

 

[Brenden]

Adding fresh water will fix the problem. Buy a refractometer. I do not mess with hydrometers. To much of a guessing game

 

[jhebi]

just change the water and now the reading is 1.017 to 18

and i use a hydro....

and my readings are ph8, am 1.0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5.

i dont have anything just LR and LS...i just started the cycle 3 days ago...

how am i doing??? are the readings ok or no, if not any advise

thank you and sorry

 

[Fluff]

Your salinity is actually kinda low. I believe 1.021-1.023 is pretty standard for fish only systems. A bit more if you go reef. You have time to adjust your salinity though. You can add a bit but I would hold off on water changes as they are gonna prolong your cycle some. You are ok for cycling and it looks like your progressing fine.

 

[indy]

.017 is too low. You should be around .023 to .025.