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Hello,
Well I have for the last two years used instant ocean from lfs. When they did the move they didn’t bring salt water so I had to rush. Well they were actually out, ( I always buy the pre maid from the lfs. Since they were out I went to the other shop and they do Fritz pro.
This is the only time I have deviated salt water. The ph is close to 8.2-8.4 right where should be. M
None of them have any discoloration or any signs of ick or marine ick. Nine breath hard, all seem very happy and eating like crazy and swimming. My blue hippo always hides but when I feed she comes running. When I fed this time I knew something was wrong because she didn’t show up. Her and the naso where always sitting by the food section saying feed me. I will probably do a large water change Sunday back to instant ocean. Salinity is the same 1.025. Again totally lost on this.
So I suggest this, cause I did it. I thought all my water was perfect. My refractometer said the salinity was right where I wanted it. But my alkalinity was ridiculously low. I was thinking something was wrong with me salt mixture and it wasn’t mixing to the correct levels. Then I had the idea to double check that I was putting in the correct amount of salt and I calibrated my refractometer. It was way off, so everything else was way off. What are you using to measure salinity? You’re getting an okay number, but if the instrument isn’t calibrated correctly, the actual number may be in the bad range