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03-06-2008, 02:14 PM
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#21 (permalink)
| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
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Originally Posted by omard  A MUST have!
Anything else is risky and not nearly as accurate.  | That's the exact unit I bought. I'm so excited, I can't wait to get it!
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72g Bow Front, 2x250w MH (10 hrs), 4x65 Act (14 hrs), 6xDual Moonlights (10 hrs), 300 gph from cannister filter and powerhead, Prizm hang-on protein skimmer, 50 lbs LR, CC Bed
Yellow Tang, 2 Clowns, Bubble Tip Anemone, 2 Yellow Tail, Humbug, White Spot, Ornate Goby, Emerald Crab, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 2 Blue Legged Hermits, 15 Scarlet Hermits, +Snails with no names (margaritas, turbos, astraeas) | 
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03-06-2008, 11:23 PM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by Marty That's the exact unit I bought. I'm so excited, I can't wait to get it! | Good job. You won't be sorry.
May it treat you well (and vice versa ) _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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03-06-2008, 11:26 PM
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#23 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22
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just something my LFS told me about the floating arm hydrometers. He said that they need to be calibrated every week or so by soaking them in fresh water for at least a few hours. I just bought the deep six hydrometer and it showed that salinity was higher than what my floating one was saying.
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40 lbs live sand
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external overflow to 5 gal sump
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03-06-2008, 11:30 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by thenagler72 just something my LFS told me about the floating arm hydrometers. He said that they need to be calibrated every week or so by soaking them in fresh water for at least a few hours. I just bought the deep six hydrometer and it showed that salinity was higher than what my floating one was saying. |
Never felt very secure using one.
Just running tests back to back gave different answers.
Guess some better then others.
Refractometer is way to go....  | |
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03-07-2008, 12:32 AM
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#25 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 28
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My hydrometers and refractometer read exactly the same. So yes, the hydrometer is accurate, if you take care of it. | |
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04-04-2008, 03:44 PM
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#26 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 30
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What about the floating ones? I have one from my beer makign kit, and it seems to work fine, but the floating arm one and the beer one are about .003 different. Looks like a refractometer is in my future...
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04-05-2008, 03:20 PM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Bruno, CA Age: 33
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Originally Posted by Airborneguy What about the floating ones? I have one from my beer makign kit, and it seems to work fine, but the floating arm one and the beer one are about .003 different. Looks like a refractometer is in my future... | Funny, somehow I bet a lot of the equipment and skills in beer making are the same as reef tanks!
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04-05-2008, 04:06 PM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
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I as well beleave in a quality refaction meter mines a Milwaukee
saves alot of guess work ' | |
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04-06-2008, 03:49 AM
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#30 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 30
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The attention to detail is very similiar and messing with parameters of course. | |
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