Lakb50 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 CanI use marine salt to remineralise RO water for my freshwater aquarium. If so How much should I use per gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack.of.all.aquariums Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 What are you trying to achieve for water parameters? What is in or is going into the tank? Without more info all I can say is it is more than likely not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 If you must remineralize for some reason, use a product formulated for freshwater. The only case for most freshwater keepers to use marine salt is for hatching brine shrimp. The trace amounts added into the system from feeding brine shrimp to the tank can be beneficial to plants but I will place emphasis on trace amounts. Seachem manufactures some decent mineral additives for freshwater and Equilibrium is fairly commonly used and widely available. Other popular additives are wonder shell and crushed coral. All of that said, remineralizing RO is almost never necessary for freshwater. The only time that I have ever kept a species that required it was my Caridina colony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakb50 Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 I’m not trying to change the parameters of the water. In spring my water co. Often overdoses and the chlorine smell is very strong ,so I use my son’s RO water for water changes and top offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 12:37 PM, Lakb50 said: CanI use marine salt to remineralise RO water for my freshwater aquarium. If so How much should I use per gallon. Use something like Equilibrium for Gh and find a good buffering product for Kh/Ph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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