Salt help? info, your wisdom

[ranz]

Ya done some battle with salinity, (sounds like insanity) I have accepted the cost but getting a grip on keeping a salt balance is actually a nightmare. Don't get me wrong nothing is dieing but fluctuations from 1.021 to 1.024 drive me crazy, is this of the norm?

Let me add in some of the missing blocks first before you jump to any conclusions...
With 450 gallons of volume I figure I am losing 5 gallons of evaporation every 2 to 3 days, for refill I use a calcium hydroxide (kalk) drip system for tank evaporation....(320 ppm calcium levels, can't get them any higher?).

I use to believe the old vantage that when water evaporates you don't lose your salt in the process, I'm not too sure about that anymore?

So here is the problem if I don't continuously add salt-water refill I lose my higher gravity readings, yet if I don't continuously add A (freshwater Kalk solution) my calcium levels plummet below 300-ppm calcium. Finding a happy medium is not an easy task.

Any hints appreciated


Ranzreef