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woogy
03/25/2008, 08:45 PM
I am switching from oceanic to reef crystals. One of the reasons is because I buy mostly from online at drs foster and smith and marine depot, which they do not carry oceanic...but anyways I was going to do a water change and I was thinking of mixing the salt to 1.020 with the oceanic and then top off with reef crystals to 1.025. Is this a slow enough transistion?...could I do it faster without affecting my livestock?

bertoni
03/25/2008, 09:11 PM
I would just use up the old salt and then switch to the new one. What you're suggesting should be fine, although it's a bit more work.

woogy
03/25/2008, 09:31 PM
I have heard somewhere that if you change too fast...it may "shock" your livestock. I will just use the reef crystals for my next water change.

bertoni
03/25/2008, 09:48 PM
I think that should be fine. I might start with a few smallish, 5% changes.

woogy
03/25/2008, 10:06 PM
ok...thanks bertoni!