mixing seawater with synthetic salt water

[marine12]

hi,

does anybody know if i can mix seawater with synthetic salt water?

is it ok to do so?

buying seawater and storing very laborous.

mine is a 4 feet tank

any suggestion?

[marine12]

anybody knows?

[cdckjn]

hi,

does anybody know if i can mix seawater with synthetic salt water?

is it ok to do so?

buying seawater and storing very laborous.

mine is a 4 feet tank

any suggestion?

I guess that you can. It is just unusual, you may as well mix tap water with the salt to get your water. If you use sea water, you may not have to mix a lot of salt as the sea water may be already close to the S.G. required.

[RX_GAN]

hahah...i doubt that's wat he meant...

i think wat he meant is that his tank is using seawater now..but he wanna use synthetic salt for water changes.. am i right ?

of course u can do that. that's even better considering that u are adding in trace elements at the same time. my experience is that using synthesis is expensive but less problem as they are more purified. seawater is okay too but performance wise is way too different from synthesis.

the only problem in using synthesis is the price...using RO/DI water and dechlorinator...plus the cost of salt. if u can afford it, why not ??

[marine12]

thanks for the reply.will switch to synthetic salt.less troublesome.

cheers!