salt to water ratio??

[tomnscrubs]

Hi, is there a general raito for this for water changes ,ie 1cup=1gal
I dont have to much salt and cannot afford to buy any for a bit though a water change is nessary,at leat a little one thanks

[Beandawg]

2 cups of salt to 5 gallons of water gets you in the ballpark.

[125G Reefer]

Now, thats a good question. But, heres another. At what SG do you want it at? Thats going to be how much salt you use.

[dwd5813]

i suspect it will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer but i tend to start out with about .5c/g and tweak from there. check your packaging and see what they recommend. also, don't just find a ratio somewhere (like say, here on the internet) and assume that it's good. use the tools you have at your disposal (you do have a refractometer, right?) to measure the result and adjust accordingly.

[steelhead77]

Not to be a smarty-pants or anything.....but have you read the bag, bucket or box that the the salt came in? It should say on the package what the approximate ratio should be?

[tomnscrubs]

thankyou for replys,went to store n read bucket you all were right

[Sk8r]

1/2 cup per gallon will get you to 1.024 with Oceanic.