no hydrometer

[scub steve]

my girlfriend broke my hydrometer so i need to know how many cups of salt do i need to put in 5 gal of water. I orderd a new one but it will take a while to get here and my tank is half empty

[deep6er]

1/2 cup per gallon I belive.

[Stab_Master_Arson]

2 cups per 5 gallons is probably your best bet and depending one your salt you should get a gravity of around .024, .025 area.


Your best bet though would be to go out at buy a cheap hydrometer from the store for 15 bucks.

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by Stab_Master_Arson

2 cups per 5 gallons is probably your best bet and depending one your salt you should get a gravity of around .024, .025 area.


Your best bet though would be to go out at buy a cheap hydrometer from the store for 15 bucks.

Exact same what I do ....Red sea salt

[Go Lions!]

I don't know HOW everyone else here has been measuring or what they are measuring with... BUT I use Instant Ocean salt and and Instant Ocean Hydrometer and I do EXACT 5gal water changes too... Acording to my Hydrometer.... EXACTLY 1 and 7/8ths of a cup will give you a 1.021 spec grav... In my experience.

[scub steve]

there is no other salt water people in hinton i know of nd are store is usless here they got nothing 4 salt water

[Beverly]

Did the swing arm thing come out of the hydrometer's box thing?

I dropped mine once and thought it was broken, but the pieces do fit back together if none of the pieces have actually broken. Have done this with my old hydrometer before I got the refractometer.

[G1GY]

1/2 cup per gallon (Using an actual measuring cup) works out perfect every time for me.

[scub steve]

the little tabs that hold it in broke she said she droped it but i think she might have steped on it

[i have crabs]

its half a cup per gallon i believe, but i still dont think i would do it without a hydrometer