I have a 50g barrel I use for mixing salt water and I use a Neptune DOS to change water every night. I also have a gravity fed ATO hooked up to my sump. Sometimes when my mix is a little off I just adjust the in vs out on my auto-water change routine to balance it out since my ATO will make up for any difference. This got me thinking, how strong could I mix the salt water in my barrel to stretch it out? For example, if I could double the amount of salt I could add half as much each night in my water change regimen. This would allow my water change barrel to, in this instance, last twice as long.
Therefore, my question is, does anyone have a sense for how strong I might be able to mix salt water before it's problematic (e.g. things not dissolving or precipitating out)? Would love to, for example, double the mix if that wasn't a problem.
Therefore, my question is, does anyone have a sense for how strong I might be able to mix salt water before it's problematic (e.g. things not dissolving or precipitating out)? Would love to, for example, double the mix if that wasn't a problem.