Reef Discussion

[TunaBlue]

I have 1706 grams of salt and the bucket says 38.2g/l(1.6lb/5 us gal), how many litres of salt water will i have? And please explain working out.
Thanks
I hate maths

 

[Grimz]

Here is a break down;

1706 divided by 38.2g/l = 44.65 liters

:)

 

[ezza]

1706 / 38.2 = 44.6596859. That would be 44.659 litres worth of salt. That'd be about right. My current blue treasure salt is basically 1kilo per 20L

 

[Sam Parker]

Yep, thirded

 

[daveH]

Shout yourself a refractometer, one of the bits of kit you will buy.
Stacks of good buys on EBay.

 

[TunaBlue]

lol that's how I worked it out before posting it and thought I had to convert it from gallons to litres but obviously g/l means grams to litres lol... Such a noob

 

[TunaBlue]

Next question I did a tap water test is ok to leave about 20 litres of tap water in there. It's in the back of the sump lol, or best to pull it apart

 

[RobbieMVFC]

Not sure I understand that last question. But do yourself a favor and don't use tap water .treat as poison.
Only use RO/DI water

 

[Sam Parker]

Can you syphon it out?

 

[TunaBlue]

Long story short can't get the tap water out of the sump unless I take the sump out. Won't syphon. Yes I'm using Ro/Di water, just have around 20L of tap water stuck in my tank

 

[Sam Parker]

Can you get a small pump in there? It's not that big of a deal, but to give you an idea - if I could get it out in about 6 hours, I'd do it. If it took more than six hours, id leave it.

Got a straw?

 

[TunaBlue]

You just gave me an idea of using the auto top off pump:) thanks

 

[TunaBlue]

Is there anything wrong with mixing the salt in the tank? Won't damge my glass?

 

[ezza]

Otherwise just stick a chamois (Kath and Kim sham-oyyy) or towel in and it will suck the water up. Then you just squeeze it out and go again.

 

[ezza]

Is there anything wrong with mixing the salt in the tank? Won't damge my glass?

Nup! It dissolves etc...