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Hermit crabs are tough little buggers. And if the increase in salinity wasnt too drastic, they would just acclimate. Marine life adapts very quickly to different parameters (compared to other land based life)
 
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Hermit crabs are tough little buggers. And if the increase in salinity wasnt too drastic, they would just acclimate. Marine life adapts very quickly to different parameters (compared to other land based life)
I would say 10ppm higher salinity is pretty drastic lol.
 

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Calcium is high
But I have had new zoas close up for several days when added to my tank then they open up and are fine after that. Give it a few days.
 
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Calcium is high
But I have had new zoas close up for several days when added to my tank then they open up and are fine after that. Give it a few days.
I have figured out the problem the refractometer needed to be calibrated with calibration fluid not distilled water. And once that was done it was reading 1.035 lol.
 
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I am a idiot I went back and looked at the refractometer that I purchased and in fine print it says not for testing salinity or moisture lol. I just ordered a new one.
 
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This is what the one I have looks like.

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Brix can be roughly translated to saltwater units.
~4.4 youwill be around 35ppt. But these are not meant for this and the error percentage could be unacceptable.
 
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Brix can be roughly translated to saltwater units.
~4.4 youwill be around 35ppt. But these are not meant for this and the error percentage could be unacceptable.
Hopefully everything will be fine intill I get the new refractometer. Yet another lesson learned lol.
 
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I did the same exact thing when I first got into the hobby. I ordered one for measuring wine and coffee [emoji849][emoji1787]
Yep,I have been in the hobby for awhile but I always had used a hydrometer. This was my first refractometer.
 

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