Adding salt to NSW

[yongshun]

hi bros and sis, juz wondering...was tinking of adding salt to NSW for my new setup...reason for doing so is to increase the salinity of the NSW as well as to booast the parameters of the water...i feel tat using NSW is a cheaper alternative for initial setup as compared to using distilled water and salt...ne one have ever tried doing tat or is currently practicing tis nw? ne other pros and cons?

[onizukaa]

hi bros and sis, juz wondering...was tinking of adding salt to NSW for my new setup...reason for doing so is to increase the salinity of the NSW as well as to booast the parameters of the water...i feel tat using NSW is a cheaper alternative for initial setup as compared to using distilled water and salt...ne one have ever tried doing tat or is currently practicing tis nw? ne other pros and cons?

bro,what i can suggest is that you mix the salt mix till half of the tank volume around 1.027, NSW is around 1.021.

once the salt mix is mix properly, add NSW to it and measure the SG.

adjust via mixing the salt mix out of the tank (maybe pail) instead of pouring salt into the tank already with salt to mix it.

maybe that will be better (can have some live bacteria from the NSW and better paremeters of ca/mg/kh with the salt mix.

[yongshun]

bro,what i can suggest is that you mix the salt mix till half of the tank volume around 1.027, NSW is around 1.021.

once the salt mix is mix properly, add NSW to it and measure the SG.

adjust via mixing the salt mix out of the tank (maybe pail) instead of pouring salt into the tank already with salt to mix it.

maybe that will be better (can have some live bacteria from the NSW and better paremeters of ca/mg/kh with the salt mix.

thks for the input bro...will consider tat as well...cos my main concern is the cost and the pros and cons of mixing nsw wif salt...been trying to google it but cant find ne info on tat...

[LaW]

Hi Yongshun,

Can be done, did that before. Best to have testkits and refractormeter to test parameters after that.

[BFG]

You can add the salt to the sump directly but you need to add very low level of salt at a time. If the salt dissolve immediately, should be no problem. But if the salt did not dissolve and is sucked into the pump to the main tank, the salt crystal might damage coral tissue or discomfort the fish. Also, if the saltt is sucked into the skimmer, the skimmer foam would collapse.

[yongshun]

Hi Yongshun,

Can be done, did that before. Best to have testkits and refractormeter to test parameters after that.

thks bro...tink i will juz try tat n c how it goes...

You can add the salt to the sump directly but you need to add very low level of salt at a time. If the salt dissolve immediately, should be no problem. But if the salt did not dissolve and is sucked into the pump to the main tank, the salt crystal might damage coral tissue or discomfort the fish. Also, if the saltt is sucked into the skimmer, the skimmer foam would collapse.

thks bro...the salt will not be added when there r livestocks inside...it will be added to the nsw in my new tank when everything is empty, w/o running any pumps or skimmer, except for my wavemakers...afterwich, i will proceed to cycle...

[zico]

Thinking of the same thing.

Realised the NSW salinity is really quite low. Just added a few big scoops of the salt into the sump to try and boost it up.

Anyone changing water using NSW do the same? ie. supplement with some scoops of salt?