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Note to self: make sure my Hydrometer is accurate!..
I have been banging my head against the wall for weeks now trying to figure out why I have a 50% success(at best) keeping any coral.. I've been testing very often and have been do a ridiculous amount of water changes. I bring home a something new from the lfs and it opens ,closes and dies.. it dawned on me to ask my lfs for a water sample so I could test it all their parameters. When the sample tested 1.018 sal i thought "wow , that's low" , I called them and told them my test results. Immediately they identified that was my problem because they had a really good hydrometer and apparently mine is a 15yo point of sale and off by 9 degrees.. I brought my water sample and tested it to be 1.035..ouch.. I've spent the last few days slowly bringing it down to 1.025.
Anyway..Thought I'd share.. moral of the story, if you're having trouble, test everything with someone else's test to verify yours are accurate
I have been banging my head against the wall for weeks now trying to figure out why I have a 50% success(at best) keeping any coral.. I've been testing very often and have been do a ridiculous amount of water changes. I bring home a something new from the lfs and it opens ,closes and dies.. it dawned on me to ask my lfs for a water sample so I could test it all their parameters. When the sample tested 1.018 sal i thought "wow , that's low" , I called them and told them my test results. Immediately they identified that was my problem because they had a really good hydrometer and apparently mine is a 15yo point of sale and off by 9 degrees.. I brought my water sample and tested it to be 1.035..ouch.. I've spent the last few days slowly bringing it down to 1.025.
Anyway..Thought I'd share.. moral of the story, if you're having trouble, test everything with someone else's test to verify yours are accurate
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