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12-14-2009, 03:56 AM
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what i would do is get a 2 gal pail and make a huge strong batch of SALT water and drip it over 1 night. then wait 12 hours and do it again
hey man what is the size of your tank you have a sump with it
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. 
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12-14-2009, 03:47 PM
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can you mix salt at a super high salinity without damaging the nutrient levels in the salt? i found even if i leave a small pile of salt in my sump for long enough the calcium will sometimes precipitate into flakes instead of being properly absorbed. and that only took a few hours.
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12-14-2009, 04:18 PM
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hey man ya i just mix up say double the salinty and then drip it i know of some guys on RC that warm the water up to get more salt in to the water.
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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12-14-2009, 05:16 PM
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Wow funny that this happened to you as the EXACT opposite happened when I purchased my refractometer. I re-calibrated it like 4 times because I thought that 1.030 had to be a misreading but apparently it was correct so over 4 days I dropped it down to 1.024.
Levi
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12-14-2009, 05:35 PM
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hey
i guess the tank was fish only nows the time if you got some mollys to throw them in lol
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12-14-2009, 09:29 PM
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My tank is 100 gallons display with a 30 gallon sump.
The weird thing is that my Rose Bubble tip anenomes and elephant ear (false coral) don't seem to mind. Anyways, I have started the rise in salinity with a 30 gallon water change at 1.015 so as not to shock my system too much. I plan on changing 30 gallons every couple of days (with higher salinity each time) until I reach the desired result in the display of 1.024 to 1.026.
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12-14-2009, 11:22 PM
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That is amazing!! I'm very surprised that your anemone survived. Do you know how long it was at that level for? On a side note, you probably saved a bit of cash on salt, maybe enough to cover the cost of the refractometer...
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