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Whats better mixing your own salt or buying ocean water from your Local fish store?
Which should be standard practice any ways . You are investing time and money into this hobby what is 10 more minutes ? I use bottled water and I really should test mine I have used catalina water and mixed my own depending on where you get it from(here on the east coast it is quite expensive) You can pay quite a bit . I can mix 10 for 1/2 the cost of a 5 gallon jug/bag of catalina waterPersonally, I think mixing your own is the best. At least you know exactly what's in your water. Even if you buy RO/DI water from the LFS, you still really don't know what you're starting with unless you test every bucket of water you get from them.
When dooing a water change you should airate it for 12-24 hours preferably 24 hours . You should never top off with salt water as it is only the water that evaps out , this will cause your spg to rise to dangerous levels or even leathal levels .The size of my tank is a 29gal. Ok thanks you guys also so when mixing the salt let it sit before toping off my tank? Is that why when i first filled my tank up it was cloudy and never got clear because thats what happened so i drained it.
The size of my tank is a 29gal. Ok thanks you guys also so when mixing the salt let it sit before toping off my tank? Is that why when i first filled my tank up it was cloudy and never got clear because thats what happened so i drained it.