@Justinv201 , I apologize for my part in derailing this thread.
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Randy Holmes-Farley is the author for that paper that was posted and how to calibrate a refractometer. He is on here all the time. This is not enough evidence for you, good luck and happy reefing!Can we get an actual scientist on here to explain how this works for you guys because this is kinda sad how you think that using RODI water to set your reading and calibration to 0.00 will not give you the most accurate reading for when you test your tank water for salinity .
When you set your scale to weigh yourself do you calibrate the scale to 100lbs or 200lbs . No you calibrate to 0lbs . Then you put on the scale what you want to weigh
Measuring salinity would be the same . Set your scale to zero. Test your sample
Not thriving and not doing well are the same. This is just a game of semantics now?Tank is doing well ........... not " thriving"
Y'all, please remember that the person causing the discord is not the OP.Eh, he's admitted he's new to reefing and doesn't want help. We tried.
Well, the OP can surely calibrate a refractometer now.Y'all, please remember that the person causing the discord is not the OP.
Let's try to get this thread back on track
There is a reason my marine biologist friend said " do not take advice from this site " and i said no no R2R is good there is lots of good advice on here. LOL wow was i wrong you guys cant even calibrate a refractometer properly basic stuff. Watch a couple educational videos and see that you calibrate to 0.00 everything on the internet , youtube , google , books , the company itself says to use distilled water and calibrate to 0.00 . SO i really could care less what a couple fat internet trolls say on a forum .
Sorry meant 1.025
***The OP is NOT the one questioning how to calibrate, etc.If the OP did not know these are some of the credentials about the author of the articles that were posted
Randy Holmes-Farley has a BA in chemistry and biology from Cornell University (1982) and a PhD in chemistry from Harvard University (1986). He has 57 patents, numerous publications and several awards in a variety of chemical fields.
If you ever have any reef related chemistry threads post your question in the Chemistry forum or google your topic and add Randy Holmes Farley and most likely an article will come up that you can learn more then you expected to.
***The OP is NOT the one questioning how to calibrate, etc.
The Big Al’s video uses RODI water to calibrate the refractometer to 0. Then proceeds to say the process is not complete and uses calibration solution to hone it in to 35. Not sure if everyone watched it all the way thru.
I was just making the point that even the video poster used to support calibration with water actually uses calibration fluid. I use a digital tester. I am lazy. LolThat doesn’t really make sense to me. Calibration of a refractometer is not a two step process.
I was just making the point that even the video poster used to support calibration with water actually uses calibration fluid. I use a digital tester. I am lazy. Lol