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01-19-2005, 08:06 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: west palm beach, FL,Florida
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 |  the right salinity
what is the most ideal salinity. i know it is suposed to be .20-.25 but whatis the best for fish and coral growth? also my fish dealer keeps his salinity at .19 why is that?
thanks
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55gal acrlic tank with wet/dry, protein skimmer, 70lbs of java rock, clown, yellow tang, danzel x 1, scooter blennie, live sand, green elephant ear shroom, and assorited shrooms that have just grown on live rock that i bought, toadstool leather, finger leather, green star polyps, and green shrooms, mexican turbo, and reg turbo snails, red hermet crabs and blue leged hermet crabs, two bittle stars, mh 175watt atenic and 2 x white 34watt florecent. assorted corals (mushrooms, leathers)
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01-19-2005, 09:47 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 41
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| Re: the right salinity
I'm assuming you mean 1.025-1.026 right? *Many fish stores keep their specific gravity at 1.019 to help prevent certain types of problems such as ich.
There are some threads here with the question of specific gravity and what people keep it at
...here is one.... http://www.3reef.com/cgi-bin/yabb/Ya...249256;start=0
*I keep mine at 1.026, and that is just me. *People keep a range of about 1.020 up to 1.030.
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01-19-2005, 11:42 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
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| Re: the right salinity
I lost two corals when the sg went down to 1.021. A pineapple brain and an open brain. Somehow best sg for my tank is 1.023 to 1.024.
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01-20-2005, 05:28 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: oakley, CA,California
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| Re: the right salinity
I keep mine at 1.025 my corals seem to grow better
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01-20-2005, 05:55 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX,Texas
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| Re: the right salinity
I keep my salinity at ~35 PPT, that's 1.026 in specific gravity terms.
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01-20-2005, 11:00 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moreno Valley, CA,California
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| Re: the right salinity
i keep mine at 1.025. i use a standard marine enterprises hydrometer. and have heard that your water temp will effect the salinity. and only by useing a refractometer is the only true way to get an good reading. anyone else have a take on this?
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01-20-2005, 05:59 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 41
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| Re: the right salinity
Yes, refractometers are a bit better at measuring specific gravity and/or salinity. | |
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