I don't know if its my cheap hydrometer or what but I had my salinity at 1.025 and over the span of 2 weeks it went down to 1.021. Everything seems fine but My euphyillia Are kind of closed. How can I fix this in a safe and fast way. Maybe a week
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If you do not have an ATO and have not added water manually then if anything your Salinity would rise as noted in a previous post. I agree with others, find an additional testing method to confirm a true number.I don't have a ATO and i have not topped off in like a week. I tested it and it is 1.023 i think
This. Get some calibration fluid for your refractometer and test it before every use. Top off needs to be done daily at minimum once you get salinity correct. Not doing so is more likely what upset your coral.If you do not have an ATO and have not added water manually then if anything your Salinity would rise as noted in a previous post. I agree with others, find an additional testing method to confirm a true number.
What size tank?I don't have a ATO and i have not topped off in like a week. I tested it and it is 1.023 i think
I have no need to. My tank takes 3 days to go up a bit but recently My salinity went to 1.024 so I left it and I came back to it lower. Ill retest itWhat size tank?
it's impossible for your salinity to drop if you have t topped up in a week, it's almost definitely your salinity reader that is wrong.
I use a Tropic Marin hydrometer, it's never wrong.
Oh and you should be topping up at least once a day, more if you can.
I don't have a ATO and i have not topped off in like a week. I tested it and it is 1.023 i think
That salinity is fine. The biggest issue would be related to your major components. If you dose to keep your alk, cal, and mag where you want them then a sudden increase in salinity would do nothing but hurt. In general fast changes don't help and the rate of rise from evap is nice a slow so why not ride it. The issue is that salt creep seems to be keeping your salinity stable so you may want to address that issue and see what you can do to slow salt creep. The biggest issue with staying near the safety limits of salinity is that if you drift a little further that is when bad things start to happen so working towards the middle is advised.I re read it at my lfs and it says 1.023. Should I just let it evaporate