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Originally Posted by unclejed  You should be o.k. if you are doing water changes every 3-4 weeks. By adding fresh water over that period you won't dilute the salt content. Contrary to belief of some, you can over time dilute the salt in your tank. Before I got a refractometer my salt got to .030 sg. from a faulty hydrometer. I removed about 2 gal. every other day and replaced with fresh for a total of 4-5 times. The salt came down to .025 sg. So, yes, you can dilute the salt content. |
Im unclear here. ( happens often as I get older)
Replacing evaporated saltwater with fresh water does not change any chemical properties nor does it change salinity.
If you remove saltwater and replace it with freshwater as unclejed suggests then yes you can "dilute" or lower salinity.