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11-07-2013, 12:24 AM
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i doubt your fish are gonna mind the lower salinity in fact they would probably prefer it, your inverts not so much.
just add some salt to your top off water or do a water change with a higher salinity then you pull out.
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11-07-2013, 12:28 AM
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your not that low , i keep my tank at 1.022 consitently. i would put a cup in and see what it does if it doesnt do much then do another etc. your remaining fish and inverts wont mind a small spike in salinity its not like going from hypo, your just a little low.
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11-07-2013, 12:47 AM
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how often do you top off your tank once a day once every two days......never? play it smart and slow , theres no need to dump 18.5 cups into your tank at once do it over a few days and youll be fine  good luck buddy your thinking in to this to much just raise it slowly like i said a cup or two in your top off water 
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11-07-2013, 02:00 AM
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It should not take 18.5 cups. Your calculations must be wrong. 1/2 cup per gallon gives approx 1.025. Maybe I'm wrong but that seems way far off.
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11-07-2013, 02:13 AM
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I'm going by http://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/C...Calculator.php with 90 gallons water volume
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11-07-2013, 02:29 AM
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Don't forget those figures are for making saltwater from regular water. You are adding to your existing water so it would be far less salt needed.
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11-07-2013, 05:07 AM
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why don't u just use a refractometer or a salinity tester? This seems like its becoming way more complicated than it needs to be. Add a cup…..wait….test…if to low still add a cup…..wait…..test. So on and so on until you reach your level. Bringing it up from .017 to .023 is not that big of a deal.
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11-07-2013, 12:57 PM
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That happened to me as my float stuck for my auto top off and flooded my tank over the top. The salinity was in the same range as you. I just did a couple water changes of hypo salinity water and she was good to go. None of my corals or inverts were affected. I did the water changes maybe 2 hours apart from eachother (because I couldn't make the water fast enough..lol).
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