water changes

[John B]

I do water changes with ro/di water. I take out 5G, and I have a 5G pail of
fresh water mixed to 1.023. Is there anything else I should be adding to
the water when I mix the 5G pail or is all I need already in the salt mix?

I use red sea salt.

Another thing that gets me is my water's only pH 7.9. Do you recommend I do
a water change with water at 8.0, then 8.1, then 8.2 until the tank
gradually gets up there and add some marine buffer to the system when it
gets there so it stays? How slowly should I do this so I don't shock my
fish?

TIA.
John

[Marc Levenson]

Using RO/DI, all you need is salt. Match salinity, temperature to within one
degree) to your tank and pour it in. I don't do anything about pH myself. If
you are adding 5g to a 50g tank, the lower pH won't affect the bigger volume of
water.

Marc


John B wrote:

> I do water changes with ro/di water. I take out 5G, and I have a 5G pail of
> fresh water mixed to 1.023. Is there anything else I should be adding to
> the water when I mix the 5G pail or is all I need already in the salt mix?
>
> I use red sea salt.
>
> Another thing that gets me is my water's only pH 7.9. Do you recommend I do
> a water change with water at 8.0, then 8.1, then 8.2 until the tank
> gradually gets up there and add some marine buffer to the system when it
> gets there so it stays? How slowly should I do this so I don't shock my
> fish?
>
> TIA.
> John

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