how much salt

z06vette387 · Post by **z06vette387** » 24 Feb 2007, 04:39

I just bought Oceanic Sea Salt. For 1 Cup of water, how much salt do I add? 1 Teaspoon, 1 Tablespoon, etc???

P.S. I don't know if I posted this somewhere else, I can't find it so I don't think so.

whitepurplefrog · Post by **whitepurplefrog** » 24 Feb 2007, 05:24

It should say on the box/bag. I make one gallon at a time and label the gallon salt water.

z06vette387 · Post by **z06vette387** » 24 Feb 2007, 05:49

It's 1.45lb bag and say to dump the whole thing into a 5 gallon jug of water.

Crap i guess i'll do some math...i hate math...lol

Jaci · Post by **Jaci** » 24 Feb 2007, 06:28

we do the gallon water thing too. we put a couple teaspoons in. i hate math too. i got out of my education major bc they forced me to do math. now i'm a public relations major and hope to do event planning. just adding and subtracting there. math got complicated when they added the alphabet in a number world.

z06vette387 · Post by **z06vette387** » 24 Feb 2007, 07:28

letters + numbers = EWWW...lol...i am a psych/childhood edu major.

the gallon of water won't go fowl or anything like that?

So if I put like 3 or 4 teaspoons in a gallon or water I will be fine?

Edmund · Post by **Edmund** » 25 Feb 2007, 08:13

I read somwhere that even if you don't measure the right amount of salt that hermit crabs will instinctively take in equal amounts. So lets just say you put too much salt in your salt water dish, the hermit will just go over to your fresh water dish and drink enough to balance out its intake. The same goes with if you don't put enough salt in your salt water dish. The crab will most likly just drink more of the salt water. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is what I heard.

Jaci · Post by **Jaci** » 25 Feb 2007, 08:55

i haven't heard that, but it makes sense. i've said it before and i'll say it again, they know what they're doing better than anyone lol

iluvhermies · Post by **iluvhermies** » 02 Mar 2007, 01:06

I have heard that before. Hermies can tell the difference in the fresh and salt waters. They know what they need to so they will take care of it themselves.

Jaci · Post by **Jaci** » 02 Mar 2007, 09:49

definitely

whitepurplefrog · Post by **whitepurplefrog** » 03 Mar 2007, 01:27

I've been reading alot about hermit crabs lately, I read that your only suppose to put 50% of salt in the water. So say the directions say 2 tsp, then your only suppose to put in 1 tsp. I've been doing it wrong, so I'm starting to use only 50%