Just aiming for a specific gravity salinity anywhere between 1.010-1.016 (general range people keep the livestock in, but I will determine what I think they do better in)
What exact salt should I use? Branded saltwater product? Table salt? Kosher salt? What specific chemical formula, and I could get that in it's purity?
I've heard the specific saltwater salt products contain added trace minerals, as they are intended for saltwater aquaria which naturally have higher levels of minerals.
Would the lower salinity (brackish) I am going for require those extra minerals? I might be using tap water, but I do have a R/O unit and plenty of dry/powder remineralizers. Would my tap contain enough of the minerals (3dGH, 3dKH)?
Livestock for this brackish set up are, Opae Ula shrimp and Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis (a dwarf blue eye rainbowfish).
What exact salt should I use? Branded saltwater product? Table salt? Kosher salt? What specific chemical formula, and I could get that in it's purity?
I've heard the specific saltwater salt products contain added trace minerals, as they are intended for saltwater aquaria which naturally have higher levels of minerals.
Would the lower salinity (brackish) I am going for require those extra minerals? I might be using tap water, but I do have a R/O unit and plenty of dry/powder remineralizers. Would my tap contain enough of the minerals (3dGH, 3dKH)?
Livestock for this brackish set up are, Opae Ula shrimp and Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis (a dwarf blue eye rainbowfish).