Cade Chaos Grimoire

danieyella · 2026-09-16T15:31:18-0400

fishguy242 said:
that's not too bad...

Bad enough!

Once this is right, then I'll test again and see if things seem more reasonable.

danieyella · 2026-09-16T15:31:32-0400

Reefering1 said:
Good time to recalibrate the refractormeter to match the hydrometer...

Pfft that thing hurts my eyes anyway lol

Reefering1 · 2026-09-16T15:31:45-0400

And expect/anticipate a drop in dkh as you lower salinity

danieyella · 2026-09-16T15:32:08-0400

Reefering1 said:
And expect/anticipate a drop in dkh as you lower salinity

It needs to drop, it was at 11 or 12 or something stupid. Which was just as concerning since nothing was being dosed.

danieyella · 2026-09-16T15:32:56-0400

Reefering1 said:
And expect/anticipate a drop in dkh as you lower salinity

Part of what made me realize I needed to verify salinity against another source actually

danieyella · 2026-09-16T15:37:29-0400

Also pulled both panels of the lid and hosed them off to remove any salt creep. I should take this opportunity to clean the glass both inside and out since I'm siphoning over the next few days - but my neck is killing me from today's siphoning & all the brooder bin clean out so I think it's break time while I wait for the tank to stabilize after what I just did and I'll check to see where it's sitting in a little bit.

danieyella · 2026-09-16T16:35:14-0400

Was aiming to drop to 1.028 but accidentally got closer to 1.0275

Everyone seems fine though. In fact, some corals seem happier, one of my toadstools that has been grumpy lately has polyps out right now.

I think I'll check calcium and alk to see what it did to that later on.

danieyella · 2026-09-16T16:59:19-0400

Calcium 560, alkalinity 10

danieyella · 2026-09-16T17:05:51-0400

From across the house

danieyella · 2026-09-16T17:10:44-0400

danieyella said:
Calcium 560, alkalinity 10

Which is a drop from 640 and 12

danieyella · 2026-09-17T07:23:02-0400

Tank looks fine this morning, no signs or concerns from yesterdays adjustments. I'll do more tonight after work.

tbrown · 2026-09-17T11:26:03-0400

danieyella said:
1.029....

Cube was at 1.026, so a little high but nothing insane

1.029 isn't ridiculous. I usually make my water change water at 1.028 and run around 1.026-1.027.

Fish Styx · 2026-09-17T13:25:02-0400

fishguy242 said:
How high is it ?

tbrown · 2026-09-17T13:29:36-0400

Fish Styx said:

Probably more of a:

danieyella · 2026-09-17T14:28:42-0400

tbrown said:
1.029 isn't ridiculous. I usually make my water change water at 1.028 and run around 1.026-1.027.

I'm sure everything was fine because it happened over time and was gradual instead of instant.

But I'm not happy about it and I'm certain its contributing to the climbing levels.

I'm glad I checked because I have corals and fish I need to move over and absolutely would have caused some shock.