accurasea1 salinity

FishPersonFL

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jan 18, 2017
Messages
480
Reaction score
161
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I have 1.026 on 45 gallons for 10 packs. The package says I need all 10 packs to get this salinity. I'm at 78 degrees, so it's about 35 ppm. I did a lot of calibration and research, testing to be quite sure my testing refract is giving accurate results. I do trust it. Have many others found that this salt is giving higher salinity than the package says?
TY
 
Last edited:

TheWB

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Sep 22, 2017
Messages
2,392
Reaction score
3,730
Location
Puyallup,WA
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I just mixed 45 gallons of a 50 gallon box. DIretions say this should be 1.026. It's only 1.024. I'm quite sure I'm using an accurate calibarated refrac. I went though a very long time with various standards and my own experiments to figure out my measurements should be accurate.
**Is this what others have found overall that it's about 10% off?
EEDDDDIITTT: it's late and somehow I didnt use all 10 of the pouches, just 8 lol ugh. I'll report shortly lol :-D
I use this salt and it always mixes up at 1.026 for me. 1 packet into 4.5 gallons of water once a week.
 
OP
OP
F

FishPersonFL

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jan 18, 2017
Messages
480
Reaction score
161
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Ugh I feel dumb. My trash can I use is just under 45 gallons, but it has 40 gallons in it. So 9 packs to 1.026 makes sense. I wish I can change the name of the thread to accurasea1 is totally salinity accurate.
 

Managing real reef risks: Do you pay attention to the dangers in your tank?

  • I pay a lot of attention to reef risks.

    Votes: 158 43.8%
  • I pay a bit of attention to reef risks.

    Votes: 126 34.9%
  • I pay minimal attention to reef risks.

    Votes: 54 15.0%
  • I pay no attention to reef risks.

    Votes: 18 5.0%
  • Other.

    Votes: 5 1.4%
Back
Top