Raising salt level after Hypo treatment.

[jermahin]

What is the best procedure for raising the salt level in a hospital tank after the 4 week+ hypo treatment?

I have a 50 gallon hospital tank, and plan to do this over a 7 day period. approximately .002 each day.

I would prefer not to do large water changes each day, but I'm concerned about adding to much salt laden water at any one time.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[geaux xman]

You could reduce your water level down to about 30g. Then add in 2 dose(maybe 1hr apart) about 5g of 1.030-1.035 salinity water each time. Do something like that daily.

I would increase it absolutely no more than 1.003 each day.

 

[jenglish]

The simplest way is to just mix SW to your old SG and use it for your topoff. It may take a little while depending on your topoff schedule.

 

[jenglish]

You can also top off with hypersaline water (1.035), or simply take out 5 gallons out of the tank, raise it's salinity, aerate for an hour or two and return it. I know we all like to age SW overnight, but when it is only 10% of total volume, it will be hardly noticable after an hour.