Skimmate Drops Salinity Way Too Much

No, that is not much at all. One cannot really do much math with salt mixes since the amount of moisture in them is variable, but a half cup might make up a gallon of seawater, and adding that to 60 gallons only brings the salinity up a little, say from 1.0240 to 1.0244. :)

The best way to raise salinity is to replace evaporated water with salt water, not by adding dry mix. To go from sg = 1.023 to 1.025, you'd add about 5 gallons of seawater to 60 gallons of tank water over however long that took. :)
 
MHG,

What kind of liquid and in which amount do you add to your tank?

For example stuff like vinegar, vodka, kalkwasser etc.....


Do you have to add freshwater to the tank because of evaporation? Is the water level in the tank / sump rising?
 
I run my ATO through a kalk reactor. The return secion is usually fluctuates within an inch this time of year... I am also dosing calc and alk but as I have very low amounts of coral right now it only takes 2ml a day to keep my calc at 450'ish and my alk at 9.8'ish.

Biopellets...No vodka, except in the OJ...
 
Well I can probably fill up a couple of galon poland spring water jugs with some higher salinity seawater and pour in a glug or two each day...
 
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