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Hello Everyone!
So a week ago I realized my ATC refractometer was calibrated wrong by about .003. No big whoop, instead of being at 1.025 my tank was at 1.021 where it was running stable. I did a PWC of about 30%, brought the water up to 1.022 and figured I would just do some manual saltwater top offs with the rest of the 1.022 water that I had left over. The problem I am having is it's been 6 days of saltwater top offs and my Salinity has not changed. I have been calibrating my refractometer every day with RO just to be double sure, it's sometimes off a smidge (.0003ish very small amount) so I dial it in but am still getting the same results. Has anyone experienced this before? I also decided to just return to topping off with RO until I my new refract comes in a couple days or I get some answers.
Thanks Everybody!
So a week ago I realized my ATC refractometer was calibrated wrong by about .003. No big whoop, instead of being at 1.025 my tank was at 1.021 where it was running stable. I did a PWC of about 30%, brought the water up to 1.022 and figured I would just do some manual saltwater top offs with the rest of the 1.022 water that I had left over. The problem I am having is it's been 6 days of saltwater top offs and my Salinity has not changed. I have been calibrating my refractometer every day with RO just to be double sure, it's sometimes off a smidge (.0003ish very small amount) so I dial it in but am still getting the same results. Has anyone experienced this before? I also decided to just return to topping off with RO until I my new refract comes in a couple days or I get some answers.
Thanks Everybody!