anthonys51
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thanks is precipitation bad. does this mean the salt loses some of its elements or anything else like that
Raising salinity
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tkeracer619
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Yup, that is exactly what it means. It is usually pretty minor and nothing you cannot correct with two part.
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maybe that's why my 2 part is off balance . i thought maybe i mixed the 2 part incorrectly. :0 thanks for the help guys.
maybe that's why my 2 part is off balance . i thought maybe i mixed the 2 part incorrectly. :0 thanks for the help guys.
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Saltliquid
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Below 1.022 and this will affect basic inverts like sps and most other calcium carb skeleton corals, they tend to come under attack more often by bacteria and above 1.024 and fishes ion pumps and kidneys sort of, have to work harder at desalinising the water they swim in that they drink a lot of to offset osmotic absorption.
More salt-less oxygen and more stress to fish!
More salt-less oxygen and more stress to fish!
A 10% change removing 1.025sg water and replacing it with 1.030 sg water will raise the sg by, 0005 A rise of as much as .001 is safe.
Add salt mix to water ;otherwise the concentration is too high when you first add the water . This results in elements particulary calcium and carbonate precipitationg out of the solution.
The average for seawater is 1.0264 sg / 35ppt. Marine fish can osmoregulate by drinking more or less and processing out concentrated urine to maintain their internal sg of around 1.008. If they loose that they loose homeostasis and may die. Freshwater fish do the opposite,btw. .
Large upward changes in the water salinity requires fish to adjust their fluid intake and processing which is best done slowly and incrementally to avoid osmotic shock when they can't adjust to a large change quickly enough.
Invertebrates are isotonic. Their internal salinity depends on the water around them. They don't have the equipment to osmo regulate like fish do and have a limited range of tolerance for sg levels lower than their natural environment.
Most marine fish and invertebrates have evolved to thrive in 1.0264 sg; some higher some lower.The Red Sea for example has much higher salinity ,around 1.029 than other areas. On the other hand ,if the invert comes from areas exposed to esturaial run off it may be more tolerant of a slightly lower salinity.
Add salt mix to water ;otherwise the concentration is too high when you first add the water . This results in elements particulary calcium and carbonate precipitationg out of the solution.
The average for seawater is 1.0264 sg / 35ppt. Marine fish can osmoregulate by drinking more or less and processing out concentrated urine to maintain their internal sg of around 1.008. If they loose that they loose homeostasis and may die. Freshwater fish do the opposite,btw. .
Large upward changes in the water salinity requires fish to adjust their fluid intake and processing which is best done slowly and incrementally to avoid osmotic shock when they can't adjust to a large change quickly enough.
Invertebrates are isotonic. Their internal salinity depends on the water around them. They don't have the equipment to osmo regulate like fish do and have a limited range of tolerance for sg levels lower than their natural environment.
Most marine fish and invertebrates have evolved to thrive in 1.0264 sg; some higher some lower.The Red Sea for example has much higher salinity ,around 1.029 than other areas. On the other hand ,if the invert comes from areas exposed to esturaial run off it may be more tolerant of a slightly lower salinity.
