please help???

finally i have recieved my marine salt today so hopefully i will be setting up my tank tonight.

i got a 20kg bucket of crystal sea marine salt and it does not state how much 1 cup equals to in gallons/litres????


i want to fill my 180litres/40 gallon tank.

 

with IO it states that 1/2 cup salt to 1 gallon water, hopes this helps, you can try this and take sg readings and see how close it is?

 

ok thankyou how long after i add a few cups of salt shall i take a reading?do i have to wait till it dissolves?

 

According to the write up I found on Google
Crystal sea salt mix 20kg bucket makes 150 gallons of salt water

so add just under 1/4 of the bucket tonight and then test tomorrow evening

Steve

 

ok thanks also shall i just run the heater and powerheads

and when the salinity is correct then shall i swich on the filter & skimmer?
and can i mix the salt into coldwater or shall i get it to the correct temp first?

 

i only ran my skimmer after the cycle was done, you can run your filters right away they will help mix the salt as long as you dont have any live sand in your sump.

 

+1 on not needing the skimmer yet
yes you can add the salt to cold water and heat up
it takes a bit longer to dissolve the colder the water is, but it will dissolve as the tank warms up

Steve

 

I have never gone by the recipe on the salt mix. I pour my fresh RO/DI water in a five gal. bucket and add salt, mix thoroughly, then use a refractometer to see the SG. I only add a couple of cups of salt at first, this usually gives me .015 SG so I add another cup then a little more and check after each time etc.