FW to Brackish .002

[Jay.B.]

I always wondered what these Americans were going on about when they used the word "cup" as a measurement!!!!!

So what is a cup in "real" measurements then?

I went to an online conversion site and converted 1 cup in to ml, approx 240ml then filled a measuring jug up the same volume, as best as I could, then weighed it... 390g of the salt that I use is roughly equal to 1 cup

[Squirrel_]

Maybe we should buy one of these "cups"

[Jay.B.]

Nah! I'm going to stick with weighing out my salt, far more accurate

[t1gerbee]

especially as i drink tea out of a mug... not a cup....

that'd be FAR to much salt now wouldn't it..

[Jay.B.]

oh god yeah LOL you should see the size of my mug hahaha

[StormySkiez]

What would we do without cups? I can not imagine not having a cup to measure with in my kitchen, my coffee cup or my cup I mix my drinks in.

[Jay.B.]

... or my cup I mix my drinks in.

now that's the type of cup I like haha

[StormySkiez]

Update:

Thanks to the good ppl here and Jay my puffers are at a steady 1.002 marine salt. I added 1/4 cup of marine salt to stay at 1.002 with about a 30% water change in my 55g. I have been playing it safe adding less salt to see how high the salt actually goes up to get familar with brackish water. I will increase gradually. Thanks for the help!

[Jay.B.]

good good mine is up to 1.016 now, a couple more weeks to go and I can start doing marine type stuff haha