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Hi everyone,
I've been trying to get my tank up and running for a long time. Had some delays with life, kids, etc... Anyway, I'm finally getting water in the tank, I have 30 gallons pre-mixed salt water in marine safe dark blue 5 gallon buckets in the basement that have been sitting for a few months. I'll make the rest with fresh RO water. I don't believe the water in the blue jugs had evaporated and the salinity is about 1.24 maybe 1.25 in them. Question is can I use this water or does every bucket I pour into the tank have to be spot on 1.26 on the refractomer? I am adding water in order to get the bacteria going on the rocks so there won't be any fish but I still don't want to go through this entire process just to realize the water is no good later when I get things going. Thank you all for your help and suggestions.
I've been trying to get my tank up and running for a long time. Had some delays with life, kids, etc... Anyway, I'm finally getting water in the tank, I have 30 gallons pre-mixed salt water in marine safe dark blue 5 gallon buckets in the basement that have been sitting for a few months. I'll make the rest with fresh RO water. I don't believe the water in the blue jugs had evaporated and the salinity is about 1.24 maybe 1.25 in them. Question is can I use this water or does every bucket I pour into the tank have to be spot on 1.26 on the refractomer? I am adding water in order to get the bacteria going on the rocks so there won't be any fish but I still don't want to go through this entire process just to realize the water is no good later when I get things going. Thank you all for your help and suggestions.