salinity

I have been trying to cure some very fresh very live rock I obtained. I set it up at the right temperature and salinity and prepared for the bad smell. It never happened. Every once a while I topped off the tub with RODI. Several weeks ago, i added a shrimp and did 50% water change. It has...

Situation up front, do to my poor selection in refractometers my 90 gal LPS dominate tank is currently sitting at 1.017 and I need to know how much and how quickly I should raise the salinity. I notice that about 2 weeks ago that my hammer wasn’t extending as much as he had been so I started...

Hi Everyone, I have seen a couple posts here. I got my water at my LFS store and it looks like the salinity of the water is running at about 1.03.. Should I try to get that number down? As well I do have the diatoms process.. Since this process has started should I be looking to get a cleaning...

Hello Everyone! So a week ago I realized my ATC refractometer was calibrated wrong by about .003. No big whoop, instead of being at 1.025 my tank was at 1.021 where it was running stable. I did a PWC of about 30%, brought the water up to 1.022 and figured I would just do some manual saltwater...

Hello Everybody, My tank is 2 and half year old and is a 32g biocube. I have a kessil 160WE, ATO, heater, circulation pump and hammers, Lepto, FrogSpwan, Acans, Toadstool. Some scarlet hermit crabs and some snails. The tank is clean minimal algae growth, I do water change every two weeks with...

Hi all, I've started using a Neptune DOS for a daily auto water change. Once a week mix 60 ltr (13 gallons) in my storage tank and leave it to run - so far working well. I have a small powerhead in the storage tank to mix and keep things moving. Typically the water sits around 68' room...

Came across this article and was wondering who else runs their salinity high. https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/181/m181p309.pdf

A lot of synthetic salt companies recommend different salinity levels for different tank types e.g. fish only is 30 ppt and reef is 35 ppt. My question is: Do they recommend 35 ppt because of the increased micro and macro element levels at that salinity? Or because the corals need a salt level...

For Sale—Neptune Apex PM2 module. Monitor/Control Conductivity/Salinity and temperature $45 shipped Continental USA

For ORP I found this - https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pinpoint-orp-redox-400-calibration-fluid.html I assume it will work - even though it is not a Neptune specific product? For Salinity I know this will work -...

hey guys, so im planning of setting up a QT tank and trying the Hypo salinity method of killing ich supposedly its the easiest yet the safest way without using copper.... well i have a refactometer that i purchased from petco a year ago and ive been using it to measure my salinity in my current...

I know...I have a problem. I was organizing my supply cabinet and realized I have clearly accumulated more test kits than should ever be necessary. BUT it has been helpful having everything I need at arms reach, and the ease of use of these kits has caused me to test consistently, which I’m...

Ok so in my nano I have a pump pumping water into a refgium and than it over flows back into the tank. The pump failed and the refugium had a salinity of 1.036 by the time I noticed. I keep a zebra hermit in it to both survived and don’t seem stressed. The crab is there to help prevent algae...

Selling a apex salinity module with lab grade salinity probe and temperatures probe in great condition only used about 2 months. I will also throw in a salinity Calibration packer $150

So, I got tired of looking at my record high salinity readings on apex (due to error in calibration) and decided to get it properly calibrated and put it in use... I purchased a pinpoint calibration solution and waited eagerly for it to arrive. I have "hopefully" calibrated the probe the right...

Milwaukee MA887 Refractometer. Like new condition. Even has the plastic on the screen still. Includes the owner manual. $85 shipped firm [

Hi to all! I just recently purchased my new Apex and so far I absolutely love it! But, the only problem I am having is that I can’t get my salinity probe to calibrate. When I’m calibrating on step 4 it just times out and can’t seem to get the correct salinity range it needs. Is there any...

Up for sale is a used Neptune PM2 with Neptune lab grade salinity probe and 3' AquaBus cable. Works perfectly, I just decided I don't need to monitor salinity as closely and I need the funds for another Apex for a new build. Items were purchased new in March. Price is $150 shipped via USPS...

I did a search on this topic and did not find this question of R2R I started a auto water change on 4/15 and also recalibrated my conductivity probe about the same time. The reason for the recalibration was that for the past two years the probe was reading correctly and the last two month it...

hey all! Just wanted to post a helpful reminder to check your salinity and calibrate your refractometer! I had during lps corals and bleached sps for the the last week. I tested all parameters Calcium:400 Alk: 9.2 Mag: 1245 Nitrate:5 Phosphate: .12 I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why...

Hey reefers, my 10 gallon tanks salinity is at 1.021, I'd like it around 1.025 or 1.026. How can I raise it safely? Right now it looks like it needs to be topped off with.. maybe half a gallon or 1 gallon at the most

hey so my salinity probe was working great reading 34-35 but my apex 2016 lost connection to my WiFi and now the probe is just reading 1.2 incorrectly since this afternoon. Anyway to troubleshoot this ? 3 other probes are doing just fine.

All prices shipped and payment via PayPal within the Continental USA. Neptune Systems Lab Grade PH Probe New - $50 Neptune Systems Double Junction Lab Grade ORP Probe New - $75 Neptune Systems Lab Grade Conductivity/Salinity Probe New - $110 XR30 Gen 3 Pro LED Modules New - $250 XR30/15...

Now who do I adjust & which direction? Plan was to float new bags, match salinity & throw into QT, no drip acclimation. QT has been running about a week - no meds yet as I wanted to start everyone at the same time once they were all eating well. Fish in there from LiveAquaria who showed up...

Has anyone experienced something like this? It seems the probe is slowly dropping to a point them spiking back to normal. Nothing odd going on with the tank, ATO is working as expected. These spikes don't correlate with any of the other equipment operating. #apexusers