Tropic marin high precision hydrometer question

wolt

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 20, 2020
Messages
303
Reaction score
134
Location
Loveland OH
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Can I measure my salinity by just putting the hydrometer in the tank itself or do I have to fill something up with my tank water and put it in that?
 

ChiCity

5000 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Sep 18, 2016
Messages
5,386
Reaction score
5,677
Location
holy see
Rating - 100%
9   0   0
you could..
but you have a greater chance of breaking it.

it’s better to use a beaker
 

nereefpat

7500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 20, 2018
Messages
8,185
Reaction score
7,731
Location
Central Nebraska
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
To use it in the tank, you'd have to turn off all pumps, including the return.

A cheap Amazon graduated cylinder works well
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

DO YOU THINK TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS ARE MORE HELPFUL OR HURTFUL TO REEFING?

  • More helpful.

    Votes: 35 38.9%
  • More hurtful.

    Votes: 4 4.4%
  • I think it depends mostly on the technology.

    Votes: 35 38.9%
  • I think it dependsmostly on the reefer behind the technology.

    Votes: 29 32.2%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new