hersheyb
Active member
I've been at this hobby for about 13 years on/off... and when ur in it for this long you figure you got everything down by now. NOPE! I been converting my tank to SPS dominant. Some are growing and thriving and there are a few that look like crap and showing signs of stn. I'm scratching my head trying to figure why some aren't doing well. All my parameters have been dead on 8 dkh 425 calc, .02 no3, .02 po4 with minimum fluctuation.
I went ahead and did a triton test.. (had a post last week) everything was pretty much green except for LI was off chart, Iodine was a bit low (which i took care of). Salinity was a little bit high but still within the yellow/greenish. The triton results weren't in gravity or ppt. I stopped calibrating my refractometer about a year ago since I lost my calibration solution, because you know when ur in the hobby for 13 years you don't think you'll make a rookie mistake of having the wrong salinity right? My calibration fluid came in today.. had to do a minor adjustment to my refractometer.. I went ahead an check my tank and it was at 40ppt!!! 40ppt!!! This whole time I thought i was mixing my water at 34-35 ppt....
So what did I learn today? Calibrate all [profanity]! I'm such a rookie.. =( Now I'm slowly bringing down my salinity as we speak...
I went ahead and did a triton test.. (had a post last week) everything was pretty much green except for LI was off chart, Iodine was a bit low (which i took care of). Salinity was a little bit high but still within the yellow/greenish. The triton results weren't in gravity or ppt. I stopped calibrating my refractometer about a year ago since I lost my calibration solution, because you know when ur in the hobby for 13 years you don't think you'll make a rookie mistake of having the wrong salinity right? My calibration fluid came in today.. had to do a minor adjustment to my refractometer.. I went ahead an check my tank and it was at 40ppt!!! 40ppt!!! This whole time I thought i was mixing my water at 34-35 ppt....
So what did I learn today? Calibrate all [profanity]! I'm such a rookie.. =( Now I'm slowly bringing down my salinity as we speak...
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