sevenyearnight wrote:This isn't something you want to rush. You can avoid mistakes, but you can't undo them once done.
If you have 30 gallons of water, and you originally added a half cup for every 5 gallons, and then added 12 more 1/2 cups, you've added too much salt (18 half cups?). Your target salinity should be <1.023 for a GSP.
For 30 gallons, 15, half cups only should be added, if your buckets were filled to the brim, so realistically 13 - 14 half cups would be enough.
The salinity will continue to rise until all of it is dissolved. Make sure you water down your next batch to compensate.
The total number of cups of salt that I added was 15 cups. Originally, I had added 6, 1/2 cups for a total of 3 cups of salt. This was measuring 1/2 cup for every 5 gallons of water, and I had 6, 5 gallon buckets. The back of the bucket (and you) said that I needed 1/2 cup of salt per gallon, or 15 cups total for 30 gallons. Because I had already added 3, I added an extra 12.....so if I did mess up, I did not know that I did because I was following the directions. Unless I totally did the math wrong.
At this point I am way confused. I have no salt sitting at the bottom of my tank, I added 1/2 cup per gallon of water, as per the directions on the bucket, and I stirred it super well, and it's now been sitting for a while. The water isn't crystal clear, but it is getting there. Is what I did wrong? And if so, why is it wrong? The salinity at this point is 1.024, so it has dropped a point or so. I will keep checking it. I guess my only saving grace is that I have to add more water to it. I am really sorry, it wasn't that I was rushing, it was that I didn't know. I thought I was doing it right = /
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