Salinity level

[NatReef]

What level do you keep your salinity at

 

[Lippie121]

What level do you keep your salinity at

I keep mine at 1.025

 

[Garf]

What level do you keep your salinity at

1.026ish for me.

 

[doubleshot00]

1.026

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

1.026 for me.

 

[Pistondog]

What level do you keep your salinity at

Target 1.025- 1.026,

 

[Sleeping Giant]

1.025

 

[Fish Styx]

1.025 - 1.026

 

[Gumbies R Us]

1.026 for me as well

 

[The_Paradox]

1.027 until skimmer draws it down to 1.026 then I add some salt to the Automatic Top Off (ATO).

 

[TheSharksDen]

1.026ish for me.

(ish) haha

Guess it is what it is. LOL

 

[Fish Styx]

(ish) haha

Guess it is what it is. LOL

I mean, the "ish" is probably the most accurate (and honest) answer on this thread. lol

 

[exnisstech]

1.025 here also. Leaves a little cushion either way but rarely changes.

 

[Seansea]

1.025 and use a good ole coral life swing arm hydrator. Check it every 3 months with icp and its smack on

 

[Timfish]

Ideally 1.028 - 1.029 sg or 38 psu. Protien content is highest at this number. Also, photosynthetic rates drop off above or below this number.

https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/181/m181p309.pdf

 

[TheSharksDen]

I mean, the "ish" is probably the most accurate (and honest) answer on this thread. lol

Agreed, that is why I said LOL.

Because mine is between 1.025-1.026 and whatever it measures at WC that's what it's going to be till next water change. I find it very hard to get it exact every time now that I'm in a big tank and mixing more than 1-2 buckets.

 

[TheSharksDen]

I will say that when i mix the water the night before it seems to be closer. If i mix 35-40 gallons its spot on, then about a hour later once I've drained water and cleaned rocks and stuff it raises to 1.027/8 and i have to add more water to get it down then it's too low and I have to add more salt. LOL

So now i mix the night before up to 1.023 and the next day it is very close.

The Hannah measurer i use says 1.026 when it first hits the water then usually after it sits, and the timer glass goes away it moves to 1.025. But either way I'm ok with 1.024-1.026as long as only a single digit change during WC.

 

[fishyjoes]

I "target" 1.0264 ideally, but I call it good enough if actually measure anything between 1.0258 and 1.0267 (tropic marin high precision hydrometer)

 

[Gtinnel]

My goal is 1.026 but anything from 1.025-1.027 is fine with me. It’s only if it gets outside of that range that I start trying to adjust the salinity of my AWC to correct it.

 

[Hawkeyesown11]

I aim for 1.025-1.026.