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I am new to salt water aquariums so bare with me. I have looked around for the answers on the site but I havent had much luck finding the exact answers.
1. I am in the process of setting up a 29 gallon biocube and so far I have been buying salt water from my LFS. However today I needed to mix some of my own so using a 5 gallon bucket I filled it with 5 gallons of water and 2.5 cups of instant ocean salt and some stress coat+. Is there anything else I need to do before using this water in my tank. The Salinity is a little high in the bucket right now. I have a pump running it is right now and the water is pretty warm so I will see if it drops.
2. Can the temperature of the water effect the salinity readings (via hydrometer). For example I have been adjusting my heater for the last day or 2 and my water got up to 82 F and during that time my salinity went to about 1.0235. Once it came back down to 78 F it is now reading at 1.0215 where it was before the temperature increase. No water has been removed, added, nor evaporated during this time.
3. I purchased live rock and live sand today. During the cycle period should I be running the lights in the tank?
1. I am in the process of setting up a 29 gallon biocube and so far I have been buying salt water from my LFS. However today I needed to mix some of my own so using a 5 gallon bucket I filled it with 5 gallons of water and 2.5 cups of instant ocean salt and some stress coat+. Is there anything else I need to do before using this water in my tank. The Salinity is a little high in the bucket right now. I have a pump running it is right now and the water is pretty warm so I will see if it drops.
2. Can the temperature of the water effect the salinity readings (via hydrometer). For example I have been adjusting my heater for the last day or 2 and my water got up to 82 F and during that time my salinity went to about 1.0235. Once it came back down to 78 F it is now reading at 1.0215 where it was before the temperature increase. No water has been removed, added, nor evaporated during this time.
3. I purchased live rock and live sand today. During the cycle period should I be running the lights in the tank?