Colorful And Hardy Corals For Beginners

[1entra]

I have a little problem with the space so I have to mix my water in a 10L canisters. I shake them from time to time but some pieces of salt still there. How harmfull it could be to a fish if couple of salt pieces will go to the tank water?
I have manage to heat up a little amount of water in microwave, disolve salt in there and then mix it with the cold water that left in a canister. Salt looks like disappears, but anyway, it takes more time to prepare it.

Thanks again.

try to get yourself a large bucket and a cheap powerhead. Add water to buck, add salt, add powerhead. Let it run for an hour os and water should be mixed and oxygenated due to the water moverment/circulation caused by the powerhead!

also it would be ideal to add a heater to get the water in the bucket to the same tmperature as the tank which also helps the water to mix.

But just mixing in a microwave deplenished the water of oxygen and so can cause stress to the fish when added to the main tank!

 

[Musho3210]

http/www.fishforums.net/content/forum/21...Were-Wondering/
Ive crashed my tank with additives before, thats why im going "the less you add, the less chance of failure" path.


Anyway, the best thing to do is to mix with powerhead for at least 12 hours, airstones and pumps are good as well. This way all the salt dissolves, pH stabalizes, and the water is oxygenated. Of course, 12 hours is only a minimum, keep going if you have time

 

[svirid]

depends fishhead

Anyway, tests either give false hope or paranoia. Your eyes are much better than your test kits IMO and IME. If you are using a synthetic sea salt mix at the proper salinity, all your levels are fine now, near perfect more specifically. I used to be the crazy tester and doser, until it crashed and killed 100$ worth of stuff, now i never test and never dose and its been going great for me, i use my eyes, i do weekly 15% water changes, i got all sorts of corals, leathers, lps, sps, zoas, palys, shrooms, no dosing has been great for me.

How big is your tank? Pics please or do you have a thread we can view?

My tank is 28 gal, and here are some pics
http/www.fishforums.net/content/Members-...Water-Aquarium/