- Location
- New Jersey
It's okay no hard feelings lol
Measuring cups for coral pro salt
- Thread starter xxxAngeloxxx
- Start date
It's okay no hard feelings lol
- Location
- Staten Island
Weigh your salt don't use measuring cups
- Location
- New Jersey
Doing a 5g water change right now and measured ever cup at 1 1/2 per gallon let's see how that works out.
- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
Actually, this isn't true. A gallon of liquid is equal to 128 fluid ounces. A cup used to measure a dry product can have varying weights.
If you don't believe me, weigh a cup of flour, then weigh a cup of rice.
Since you are measuring salt, the dry volume won't give an accurate measure of weight. You may get close, but the only accurate way to get the proper amount would be to weigh the water, verify the amount, then weigh the salt and add it.
- Location
- New Jersey
The method of 1 1/2 cups per gallon worked. My salinity is at 1.027 right now.
- Location
- New Jersey
Do you use the 5g buckets to do your water change or you just use a 10g container?
i use a big brute container, but i pour two 5 gallon buckets into it. so it should be pretty precise. i always went by the 1/2 cup a gallon rule and i think thats the best. 1 and 1/2 cups like you are doing might give you a little higher of a salinity. like the 1027 you got. but a 10 gallon water change at that salinity isn't going to cause you any issues.
- Location
- New Jersey
Mines didn't come with no scoop. I think your referring to the red sea bucket thats blue? Cause I have the red sea pro one black bucket.
- Location
- Manhattan (FiDi)
the reason i asked about the size of cup was because everytime i got this salt i never had a cup/scooper inside
- Location
- New Jersey
- Location
- New Jersey
- Location
- Howell, NJ
ive never seen so much confusion about mixing salt 
didnt i say that from the beginning :scratch: :arg: lmao
didnt i say that from the beginning :scratch: :arg: lmao
- Location
- New Jersey
ive never seen so much confusion about mixing salt
Just double checking lol
- Location
- Howell, NJ
:sigh:
Been going through this board for a while now and feel compelled to say something now...
There really should be no room for condescending behavior. Dont care how many posts you have. its just not cool.
There are no stupid questions. Especially in the beginner section.
There really should be no room for condescending behavior. Dont care how many posts you have. its just not cool.
There are no stupid questions. Especially in the beginner section.
- Location
- New Jersey
What are you talking about? As you can see me and Tony were just busting each others chops thats all. But yes other member put there side of the story on how to measure the salt. BTW since when you became a moderator on here? Not saying it in a bad way but how you posted everything it does sound like a moderator.
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