Question

You have a 20 gallon saline (35 g/L seawater salts) fish tank. You’ve purchased several new fish, but the pet store tells you that you should keep them in a different tank since one of your larger fish is likely to eat them. You buy an 7 gallon fish tank. If you transfer seawater from your original tank, how will the difference in volume affect the concentration of your seawater in the new tank? You have a 20 gallon saline (35 g/L seawater salts) fish tank. You’ve purchased several new fish, but the pet store tells you that you should keep them in a different tank since one of your larger fish is likely to eat them. You buy an 7 gallon fish tank. If you transfer seawater from your original tank, how will the difference in volume affect the concentration of your seawater in the new tank? @Biology

Answer 1

if you transfer water from old tank to new tank its just being moved, not changed in concentration so will remain 35g/L

Answer 2

if you need to top up the old 20 gallon tank that is going to need adjusting unless you get water with the same 35g/L of salts

Answer 3

pouring some salty water from one big glass into a smaller glass they will both be as salty as each other ( as long as the one you pour water into is empty when you start ), but the original will have less water in total, but again will be as salty as the one you poured the water into

Answer 4

If you begin with a solution, (such as your seawater), as long as the mass does not change (no water or salt removed or added), the concentration of the solution will be the same because no other substance is being added or removed. When your pour the water into the 7 GAL tank, no change in concentration will occur
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