fowlr tank soon to be in progress

[Flaxon-Waxon]

I run 1026 alllllll dayyyyyy longggggg...

 

[DanS180]

I run 1026 alllllll dayyyyyy longggggg...

Never any problems??

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

No sir. A lot of people will tell you they run 1026...

 

[DanS180]

No sir. A lot of people will tell you they run 1026...

Okay then I guess I'm good.. probably another water change in a few days

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Is your ammonia test the same color as the one in the pic you posted?

 

[DanS180]

Is your ammonia test the same color as the one in the pic you posted?

Umm I can't remember lol its at .25ppm right now

 

[CorallineAlgae]

No sir. A lot of people will tell you they run 1026...

I like 1,026 myself, but in small tanks it's a good idea to run it at 1.025 only because it doesn't take much evaporation to make your salt levels go higher.. very quickly. If you run it at 1.025 you won't go into very high specific gravity levels as easily. It just gives you a little more room for evaporation before high salinity stress can hurt anything.

Still, if you always top off your tank or use an auto top-off system 1.026 is perfect. Just don't go anywhere during a hot weekend. ^_~

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

I like 1,026 myself, but in small tanks it's a good idea to run it at 1.025 only because it doesn't take much evaporation to make your salt levels go higher.. very quickly. If you run it at 1.025 you won't go into very high specific gravity levels as easily. It just gives you a little more room for evaporation before high salinity stress can hurt anything.

Still, if you always top off your tank or use an auto top-off system 1.026 is perfect. Just don't go anywhere during a hot weekend. ^_~

Good call! I didn't really factor in the small tank evap consideration... But even in my 55, I'll
top off with a gallon and a half and it won't move my salinity down. It's all proportional really, as long as you do your top offs...

 

[DanS180]

Good call! I didn't really factor in the small tank evap consideration... But even in my 55, I'll
top off with a gallon and a half and it won't move my salinity down. It's all proportional really, as long as you do your top offs...

Well maybe I'll take some water out and then top off to bring it down a little believe it or not, even tho its a small tank, not as much evap as you would think which is also good