jaiden
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I have been making the same mistake over and over, thinking I was being clever.
I was mixing my SW overly salty and then adding RODI just before adding to the tank to get the sg right.
This lets me make a 6g water change in a 5g bucket. also my rodi pressure tank is 2.5g which means I don't have 5g rodi on tap at any one time. So I'd add 2.5g with 5-6g worth of salt, and then add more rodi the next day
the mistake is that if you don't have enough RODI, the additives to the salt (like calcium) will precipitate out. I have a lot of it stuck to the bucket/powerhead/heater. This drops the PH a LOT!
Don't do this!
I was mixing my SW overly salty and then adding RODI just before adding to the tank to get the sg right.
This lets me make a 6g water change in a 5g bucket. also my rodi pressure tank is 2.5g which means I don't have 5g rodi on tap at any one time. So I'd add 2.5g with 5-6g worth of salt, and then add more rodi the next day
the mistake is that if you don't have enough RODI, the additives to the salt (like calcium) will precipitate out. I have a lot of it stuck to the bucket/powerhead/heater. This drops the PH a LOT!
Don't do this!