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You Will likely have to add alkalinity back in when using only RO (Depending on your starting point). Be sure to check it every couple part per thousand drop in salinity.
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You Will likely have to add alkalinity back in when using only RO (Depending on your starting point). Be sure to check it every couple part per thousand drop in salinity.
Good call thanks. My alk did dropYou Will likely have to add alkalinity back in when using only RO (Depending on your starting point). Be sure to check it every couple part per thousand drop in salinity.
Good call thanks. My alk did drop
AW! I just noticed that lolI read your thread title and thought, holy crap, 1.29!!!! 1.029 doesn't sound so bad in comparison!
Why can’t I just take water out and let my auto top off system filled my tank ? Just a Thought .
Also is that extreme high salinity do you think that could cause a problem as long term ?
I agree - major salinity changes can cause problems -but what happens when. the monsoons hit the reef - and there are a couple feet of rain on the reef?The reason you don't want to do it that way is major salinity swings can actually kill livestock
Yeah but how many billions upon billions of gallons of salt water is in the ocean as compared to how much I Typhoon drops. Considering the earth is 71% covered in saltwater it wouldnt make much impact.I agree - major salinity changes can cause problems -but what happens when. the monsoons hit the reef - and there are a couple feet of rain on the reef?
Doesn’t calibration fluid supposed to be 1.026?Agreed. The bottle was stored tight and in a dark room. It's just bad. Both my refractometers now are calibrated using rodi water and they now show 1.029. If I use solution it shows 1.026.
Picture a reef that is 1 foot deep and a storm depositing 1 foot of rainwater over 24 hours - it doesnt mix instantaneously.. Or am I wrong?Yeah but how many billions upon billions of gallons of salt water is in the ocean as compared to how much I Typhoon drops. Considering the earth is 71% covered in saltwater it wouldnt make much impact.
Tides and currents plus the waves caused by the typhoon would keep everything well mixed up and moving around. In perspective itd be like taking a 100 gallon tank filled with saltwater and pouring in 10 ml of freshwater. Not going to make a differencePicture a reef that is 1 foot deep and a storm depositing 1 foot of rainwater over 24 hours - it doesnt mix instantaneously.. Or am I wrong?
Disagree. But who caresTides and currents plus the waves caused by the typhoon would keep everything well mixed up and moving around. In perspective itd be like taking a 100 gallon tank filled with saltwater and pouring in 10 ml of freshwater. Not going to make a difference
Sorry I didn't see this sooner.Been having some issues with my tank so I sent in for a test it registered my salinity at 38.17.
I went out and bought a new refractometer and it’s at 1.029 ! My old one shows 1.026. Even use calibration solution so I don’t understand how this is.
How long or how should I approach this to lower it?
Thank you!