My salinity is at 1.030. I slowly added an entire gallon of distilled water, the salinity didn’t even budge? I feel like a gallon is already two much to be adding to a 30 gallon tank. Should I be adding more?
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I just bought a brand new RefractometerWhat are you using to test?
Just double checking was it calibrated?I just bought a brand new Refractometer
Yes was calibratedJust double checking was it calibrated?
How did you calibrate it?Yes was calibrated
Yes it came with it. Was expensive, $100How did you calibrate it?
Did you make a calibration solution?
Okay, you may want to look at an article on how to make your own calibration solution in future.Yes it came with it. Was expensive, $100
Yes it came with it. Was expensive, $100
Calibrate and clean your tester. In a 30g, there should have been some drop although not significant.My salinity is at 1.030. I slowly added an entire gallon of distilled water, the salinity didn’t even budge? I feel like a gallon is already two much to be adding to a 30 gallon tank. Should I be adding more?
May be a Milwaukee (gosh I hope so for that price)Wait you spent $100 on a refractometer?
May be a Milwaukee (gosh I hope so for that price)
Wait you spent $100 on a refractometer?
It’s better to not cheap out to extinguish all of the future headachesGood refractometers can be quite expensive. IMO, a lot of the problems that folks have with salinity in this hobby is because the devices most often used are to cheaply manufactured, and thus lack sufficient quality.
How much do you recommend I should take out and replace with freshwater?Adding a gallon of distilled water to a 30g tank will not make much of an overall difference to salinity and may not even be enough to show a change on your refractometer. The other issue is that you really need to remove some of the saltwater from the tank and replace it with fresh water. Just adding fresh water to the tank will only lower the salinity until that water evaporates back out. It’s more about removing the salt than “diluting” the salt with more water.
Just remember that changing salinity is best done slowly and here is a calculator that can help you tell how much water you will need to change to get the salinity where you want it.
Target Salinity Calculator
Aquarium calculator; Create a water-change schedule that can be used to reach a target salinity.www.hamzasreef.com
I use a plastic hydrometer still lol.. is it that accurate? Idk but it works for me! I just keep it at 1.026 no matter what the accuracy is.Good refractometers can be quite expensive. IMO, a lot of the problems that folks have with salinity in this hobby is because the devices most often used are to cheaply manufactured, and thus lack sufficient quality.
Good refractometers can be quite expensive. IMO, a lot of the problems that folks have with salinity in this hobby is because the devices most often used are to cheaply manufactured, and thus lack sufficient quality.