I want to get into the habit of checking my salinity more often.
The issue is using a salinity measuring tool that I can trust, and rely on without having to tinker with it every time.
I don't really care very much if the digital readout is not the actual salinity, as long as I can use that number to keep my salinity stable.
Should I use a digital refractometer to check my salinity once every couple of days, and then double check once a month with the tropic marin high precision hydrometer?
Does that sound like a good way to go about checking salinity?
The issue is using a salinity measuring tool that I can trust, and rely on without having to tinker with it every time.
- An analog refractometer requires quite a bit of tinkering and cleaning for one measurement.
- The Hanna Salinity Checker (what are the other conductivity meters btw?) seems to randomly die on users, require careful calibration (bubbles?), and overall it's not always described as trustworthy in terms of the reported salinity level.
- Digital refractometer seems to be the way to go. Easy to calibrate, most people report good experiences, especially with the Hanna digital refractometer.
I don't really care very much if the digital readout is not the actual salinity, as long as I can use that number to keep my salinity stable.
Should I use a digital refractometer to check my salinity once every couple of days, and then double check once a month with the tropic marin high precision hydrometer?
Does that sound like a good way to go about checking salinity?