My 10 Gallon Nano Build

[dingusplease]

Hmmm that's weird. Even though it shouldn't affect SG that much, check for salt creep all around the tank. Also, I highly doubt you have one as you would have found out by now, but any leaks in you tank, filter, or anything else will bring your SG down

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

How long did you let the salt and water mix originally before taking your first sg reading?
Edit: when you first filled the tank

 

[DaveMc]

Hmmm that's weird. Even though it shouldn't affect SG that much, check for salt creep all around the tank. Also, I highly doubt you have one as you would have found out by now, but any leaks in you tank, filter, or anything else will bring your SG down

Getting ready to go check now. I know this may sound very stupid....but what exactly is salt creep and what am I looking for lol?

I have heard it talked about but not sure how to recognize it

 

[DaveMc]

How long did you let the salt and water mix originally before taking your first sg reading?
Edit: when you first filled the tank

To be honest I do not remember Red. I'm thinking it was at least a hour or two before I checked it again.

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

It's wet salt essentially, I can't really think of how to describe it, but you'll know it when you see it. I doubt that's your problem though because if you had enough to drop that much you would of already seen it

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

To be honest I do not remember Red. I'm thinking it was at least a hour or two before I checked it again.

My guess is it wasn't completely mixed yet so you got a higher reading than it really was

 

[dingusplease]

Btw to answer your q salt creep is just dried salt anywhere saltwater has gotten to and dried (can build up if water splashes around the same areas over and over)

 

[DaveMc]

Btw to answer your q salt creep is just dried salt anywhere saltwater has gotten to and dried (can build up if water splashes around the same areas over and over)

I did notice something that looks like this when checking filter leaks etc. will mix it back into the water and see if it makes a difference.

 

[dingusplease]

Shouldn't make too much of a difference, but it should help a little just make sure it doesn't land on livestock or it potentially kill it if you are putting back a lot of salt . I recommend mixing it with a little tank water in a cup, then pouring it back in.

 

[DaveMc]

Cool...thanks for the tip Dingus, much appreciated.

 

[dingusplease]

No problem

Btw, how is your cycling shrimp doing?

 

[DaveMc]

No problem

Btw, how is your cycling shrimp doing?

Well...it has only been a couple days and when I done my first ammonia check it was showing at 0. I am gonna check again today to see if there has been any change. If not I may have to go with using pure ammonia for the cycling and see what happens there. Not too confident in the cooked shrimp

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

It usually takes a coupe days to spike

 

[DaveMc]

It usually takes a coupe days to spike

Ahhh....ok, that makes sense lol.

 

[DaveMc]

Ok, here is my first "Official" test....

Does this seem right, its only been a few days?

 

[Macscale]

All seems good.

 

[DaveMc]

Cool!

 

[deckaman225]

Looks good your cooked shrimp worked good

 

[DaveMc]

Looks good your cooked shrimp worked good

Yes it does, was kind of holding my breath on that one lol.

 

[Macscale]

Yes it does, was kind of holding my breath on that one lol.

Anything that rots will work.