House Information:
Temp if people are home: 67 Degrees F (I'm hot natured and it gives my wife an excuse to force me to cuddle because she's cold natured... she calls me her human furnace)
Temp if we leave to go somewhere for an extended period of time, 6+ hours: 72 degrees F
Tank Info:
Temp: 76 Degrees
Salinity at start: 35ppm
So, I've noticed that after having set up my 60g Solana, seen here, that I am losing a fairly significant amount of water but have no leaks anywhere in the system tat I can find. Every 2-3 days I'm having to add 8-12 cups of water to replace water that has disappeared. Now, I know what many are going to say, it's evaporation and that may be the case but I find it hard that this much water is evaporating in this short period of time and it doesn't explain the loss of salt, wait did I mention I'm having to add salt water or salt at each refill?
If I refill the tank to same volume as it was previously with RODI water, I have a line marked in the sump, the salinity drops with each refill. I'm currently waiting for the tank to mix to check the salinity again but I fully expect it to below 34ppm.
Now there may be a combination of things going on here because I recently obtained a calibration solution of 35 ppm seawater and re-calibrated my refractometer which dropped the ppm reading about 1.2 ppm on the refractometer. So, the ppm in my tank was about 37ppm prior to recalibration, this was with some water evaporated which I fully expected but after recalibration it was just under 36ppm. When I check my tank just before filling it this last time, it was right at 35 ppm. I cleaned the refractometer and checked it against the calibration fluid again and it was reading 35ppm on the dot. Now logic states that if I add RODI water to water that is already at 35ppm that the salinity will be lower.
So my question is, where is the salt going? I have looked everywhere for a leak in the tank and I can't find one anywhere. I am getting a fairly consistent amount of condensation inside the sump area and I plan on adding additional ventilation to tackle this but this doesn't explain the loss of salt.
Wouldn't 1-2 gallons of water leaking out every 2-3 days be pooling somewhere? I know that a small drip from a faucet can add up to crazy amounts of water in little to no time but with salt water there should be causing salt creep right?:confused:
I'm out of ideas and this is driving me crazy so if anyone has some insight please share it.
K so I just checked my salinity prior to posting this, this was about an hour and a half after adding water to the tank and yes I realize this took me an hour to write but all I can say is Go Big Bang Theory, and the salinity is still 35ppm. How in the heck do I add approximately .75 Gallons of water and not change the salinity of the water at all?
I basically added 1.25% water to the system but the salinity did not change by 1.25% to become 34.56 ppm. Am I missing something?:confused:
Temp if people are home: 67 Degrees F (I'm hot natured and it gives my wife an excuse to force me to cuddle because she's cold natured... she calls me her human furnace)
Temp if we leave to go somewhere for an extended period of time, 6+ hours: 72 degrees F
Tank Info:
Temp: 76 Degrees
Salinity at start: 35ppm
So, I've noticed that after having set up my 60g Solana, seen here, that I am losing a fairly significant amount of water but have no leaks anywhere in the system tat I can find. Every 2-3 days I'm having to add 8-12 cups of water to replace water that has disappeared. Now, I know what many are going to say, it's evaporation and that may be the case but I find it hard that this much water is evaporating in this short period of time and it doesn't explain the loss of salt, wait did I mention I'm having to add salt water or salt at each refill?
If I refill the tank to same volume as it was previously with RODI water, I have a line marked in the sump, the salinity drops with each refill. I'm currently waiting for the tank to mix to check the salinity again but I fully expect it to below 34ppm.
Now there may be a combination of things going on here because I recently obtained a calibration solution of 35 ppm seawater and re-calibrated my refractometer which dropped the ppm reading about 1.2 ppm on the refractometer. So, the ppm in my tank was about 37ppm prior to recalibration, this was with some water evaporated which I fully expected but after recalibration it was just under 36ppm. When I check my tank just before filling it this last time, it was right at 35 ppm. I cleaned the refractometer and checked it against the calibration fluid again and it was reading 35ppm on the dot. Now logic states that if I add RODI water to water that is already at 35ppm that the salinity will be lower.
So my question is, where is the salt going? I have looked everywhere for a leak in the tank and I can't find one anywhere. I am getting a fairly consistent amount of condensation inside the sump area and I plan on adding additional ventilation to tackle this but this doesn't explain the loss of salt.
Wouldn't 1-2 gallons of water leaking out every 2-3 days be pooling somewhere? I know that a small drip from a faucet can add up to crazy amounts of water in little to no time but with salt water there should be causing salt creep right?:confused:
I'm out of ideas and this is driving me crazy so if anyone has some insight please share it.
K so I just checked my salinity prior to posting this, this was about an hour and a half after adding water to the tank and yes I realize this took me an hour to write but all I can say is Go Big Bang Theory, and the salinity is still 35ppm. How in the heck do I add approximately .75 Gallons of water and not change the salinity of the water at all?
I basically added 1.25% water to the system but the salinity did not change by 1.25% to become 34.56 ppm. Am I missing something?:confused:
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