Quickie Question On Salinity

[bronzecat]

Hi

In the early process of setting up my tank and would just like advice on salinity. I am intending to have LR, inverts, Skunk clowns & Firefish, would salinity of 1.022 be about right for this mix or should i aim slightly higher?

Thanks

 

[Truck]

id go 1.024

 

[bronzecat]

id go 1.024

Cheers Truck

Was sort of thinking that might be the case

 

[Truck]

if you want corals you may have to go slightly higher still

 

[bronzecat]

if you want corals you may have to go slightly higher still

Ok thanks. Got a while to go yet so will decide before i get the LR in. So, if I do go for corals would 1.026 be right?

 

[Truck]

it really depends on species but most should be good at 1.025

 

[bronzecat]

it really depends on species but most should be good at 1.025

Ok thanks very much Corals confuse me anyway LOL Think I'll go have a read of my books

 

[Truck]

well thats what i do before i go buy

 

[bronzecat]

LOL.....luckily i have my choices cut down due to having T5's. It scares me to think of the choices I'd have if i had halides

Still, I'm getting there. At least the tank is wet now, and i finally got enough water pressure to run the RO unit

 

[Truck]

cool, is it a 60 litre tank? i thought i read that on a different thread? how many watts of T5's are you using?

 

[bronzecat]

Nooo, 175L yay bigger than i intended. Its got 4 T5's, 3 x white and 1 x blue.

Its an Aquamarine 900

Netty has the 65L with her Dwarf puffers in.

 

[Truck]

cool, what you planning on stocking?

 

[bronzecat]

At present all i have planned, apart from some shrimps and crabs, are a pair of Pink Skunk clowns, Purple Firefish and Carpenters Flasher Wrasse. Anenome wise, possibly a Bubble anenome. Thats about as far as i thought so far

 

[Truck]

sounds good, i love firefish, i used to have one with a pair of clowns, in my old tank, but i sold the firefish on because the clowns got a bit aggressive with him

 

[bronzecat]

Thats a shame I was thinking of adding the Skunks last to let the others get established first.