reeferindc December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 Hello WAMAS Fam. I have a general questions that I believe has been answered here before,if someone can chime in or point me to the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. My question is " If I am doing water top offs and not water changes do I need to add salt?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 No, salt doesn't evaporate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishie December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 no just ro/di water...ur only replacing water that evaporated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neto December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 Water top off due to evaporation you do not have to add salt.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 Look into purchasing an ATO (automatic top off) system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 Look into purchasing an ATO (automatic top off) system. auto-topoff.com + aqualifter has served me well...not too expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 My JBJ auto top-off has been running for about 5 years without fail. Worth every penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lutz123 December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 All good advice, but remember this - if you are emptying a protein skimmer cup you need to take that into account, since you would be removing saltwater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 Above statement is true, but I wouldn't ever recommend people top off with saltwater from an ATO. Maybe manually to try and bring it back up slowly, but that is what water changes are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt December 13, 2013 Share December 13, 2013 Above statement is true, but I wouldn't ever recommend people top off with saltwater from an ATO. Maybe manually to try and bring it back up slowly, but that is what water changes are for. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami December 15, 2013 Share December 15, 2013 No. But over time, if you're skimming, you'll have to add salt as some salt is lost to the collection cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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