WTB Anyone have a refractometer in buffalo?

[superkat]

shawna...too funny.

you will love having one. I posted pictures of mine when i got it...was so happy about it.:celeb2:

 

[shawna1972]

Finally down to 1.027 fom 1.028 this afternoon
Anyone see a problem with me trying to get it down to 1.026 tonight?

 

[superkat]

i'd think about the fish at this point....maybe wait until tomorrow.

 

[shawna1972]

Ok ,Im just trying to see because I evaporate 2 gallons a day and thats thorowing me off a little being so high already I dont want to be back at 1.028 again in the am.
But Ill give it a brake for tonight
Thanks

 

[dan10342]

FWIW, i have gone from 1.019 to 1.025. SPS dont like it, but zoos and lps were fine with it.

im not sure about fish.

Going from 1.028 to 1.026 is kinda like replacing 1 gallon of FW to a 10 gallon tank (not really just a for instance)

i think it should be fine.

 

[superkat]

ah...the voice of experience...go for it Shawna.

 

[tropills]

I will never use a hydrometer again! Salt as of last night was sitting at 1.030
Hydrometer told me 1.024!:thumbdown Could not figure out for the life of me why my corals
were acting funny ,not opening, I lost 5 pepermints ect...
Anyhow thanks to kats for testing my salinity last night as a last resort to figure out why
things were off in my tank (I finally got a true reading) Still trying to bring salinity down a bit at a time without stressing everything! Need to know where I'm at and need a refractometer

Let me know if you have an extra one lying around Thanks

Been there Shawna, except mine was with a refractometer that was calibrated with RO and calibration fluid and still read 5 points higher then it should. I reset it to several others including Kat's and things are much happier...

 

[shawna1972]

Oh man so your saying a refractometer can be off also?

 

[tropills]

Mine read perfect like it should ! lost corals and fish .. then went to a LFS and rechecked it with their tanks and a couple other reefers ones and I was reading 1.031 so I reset to theirs and things got better..

 

[shawna1972]

Thanks Dan,Yeah It's funny but it seems my fish are breathing easier now and they are back to pure blue the hippos had a light hue on their belly for a while and I couldnt figure out why (looked like stress) but it's now gone.
Does this happen with high salinity with fish?

Ps:Sorry for all the questions ,Never seen my salinity this high before so Im a little paranoid now and wonder what the side effects would be other than corals? such as fish and Ive had some nasty cyno wondering if this could be caused by high salinity ?Ive changed out R/O filters with new and running lights shorter time period,have Gfo and carbon running but cant kick cyno ?

 

[tropills]

Me? Greg is me. lol Yea with it being that high your fish will be deprived of oxygen so will the coral. Think of it like this, your tank is FULL of salt NO room for air..no air, things die. Cyno is usually a flow problem

 

[shawna1972]

Mine read perfect like it should ! lost corals and fish .. then went to a LFS and rechecked it with their tanks and a couple other reefers ones and I was reading 1.031 so I reset to theirs and things got better..

Good to know.

 

[tropills]

Keep with Kat and everyone here and things will come around for you....

 

[shawna1972]

Me? Greg is me. lol Yea with it being that high your fish will be deprived of oxygen so will the coral. Think of it like this, your tank is FULL of salt NO room for air..no air, things die. Cyno is usually a flow problem

Thanks Greg,
Yeah in the previous post I didnt hit quote on dans post and was just thanking him.
Sorry for the confusion Well at least things can get back on track now. It was a close call and I do not ever want to go through this again but my fish seem happier and my corals are finally starting to open more. I'm currently at 1.027.

 

[superkat]

Greg, thanks for the compliment...Shawna...when you get it to 1.026, bet those weepy corals will perk right up. cyno is a flow problem...if you can clean up what i couldn't get out the other day (the tubing is great, sucked it right up), rake the sand bed really well, and see if the adjustments i made on your powerheads don't make a difference. If it starts to pop up again, i'd pull the trigger on another K4.

 

[shawna1972]

Greg, thanks for the compliment...Shawna...when you get it to 1.026, bet those weepy corals will perk right up. cyno is a flow problem...if you can clean up what i couldn't get out the other day (the tubing is great, sucked it right up), rake the sand bed really well, and see if the adjustments i made on your powerheads don't make a difference. If it starts to pop up again, i'd pull the trigger on another K4.

Will do! Thanks :beer: