salinity

[SVXH6]

i run 1.0235-1.024.. im going to start running it at 1.025.5.. what do you run yours at?? what have you noticed at the lower range of salinity(1.023 compared to 1.026??)

 

[Amphiprion]

Re: salinity

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i run 1.0235-1.024.. im going to start running it at 1.025.5.. what do you run yours at?? what have you noticed at the lower range of salinity(1.023 compared to 1.026??)

In some cases, I noted a greater amount of expansion (which I suspect is all due to osmosis and the greater conc. of H2O), but that isn't necessarily a reliable method of judging the health or 'happiness' of a particular specimen. I would suggest keeping it between 1.026-1.027 or around 35ppt.

 

[DrBDC]

ditto. A salinity monitor is a great gadget for accuracy too. Make sure you calibrate your refractometer against one that someone else has if nothing else. I found my refractometer off by .02 even though I 0'd it out with ro/di water.

 

[Kip]

35ppt here

skip the specific gravity reading.. it is temperature dependant and can be misleading in conversation.

 

[dreaminmel]

Per my temp accurate refractometer, 1.025 - 1.026

 

[ADA33]

1.025-1.026 here

 

[coralfarmer84]

mine is also at the above mentioned

 

[twon8]

ditto for me, 26-27, sometimes as much as 28

 

[SVXH6]

i have a refractometer, and am slowly raising it up to 1.026.. i was running at 1.0245 before not 1.023.. i kept my previous tank always at 1.0265..just wondered what everyone else was running..

 

[Wiskey]

1.025-1.026

Whiskey

 

[murphreef]

1.025-1.026

 

[glassguy]

1.025-1.026 also

 

[Brewen]

1.025-1.026 same as the last 3 here

 

[Norwood IND]

Same as the last four 1.025-1.026

 

[naka]

1.025 - 1.026

 

[danielboun]

1.025-1.026, my corals do better in higher end salinity.