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03-22-2008, 04:04 AM
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| Plankton  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Palm City, FL
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    |  Natural Salinity Level I get my water from the ocean and the natural salinity is about 1.026. From a couple references I could find this is pretty much the natural salinity level, except for places like the red sea or brackish water environments. My gauge, alot of reference books and many in the 3reef forum recommend a salinity in the 1.022 to 1.024 range. Why do you want to lower the natural salinity for your reef tank?? _________ Tank 42g hex tank Sump/Fuge 16g above tank fuge-2100 Rio in tank for fuge Koralia 1 CW Pmp-8g W/D sump (w/bio balls)-Mag 5 sump pump Equip Aqua C Remora Pro/w rio 1400 Protien Skimmer-Hydor Koralia 3 CW Pmp-Pacific Coast CL-280 1/10 HP chiller-IceCap 250W MH-14k bulb Hard Stuff in tank 1" sand-60# live rock Critters-Fish Potter's Angel Scooter Blenny Firefish Clownfish (Tank Raised) Royal Gramma 2 Emerald Crabs 2 Peppermint Shrimp Long Tenacle Atlantic Anenome |
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03-22-2008, 04:07 AM
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| Scooter Blennie  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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    | You dont 1.025 to 1.026 is great _________ 55gl ,sps grow out , 20lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector. mj1200 modded 250w DIY MH 20k xm |
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03-22-2008, 05:14 AM
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| Kole Tang  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 25
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 | I wish i could just get my water out the ocean. Im afraid if i took water from the british isles, i'd prob polloute my tank. PLus i dont live near the coast!! _________ |
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03-22-2008, 07:52 AM
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| Nanolicious  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 33
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03-22-2008, 08:34 AM
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| 3reef Sponsor  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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| There is no natural level of salinity anywhere in the world .. As with Lighting and or temps . Depending season and times of the year its always different everywhere. Its all about averages for our community systems .. Thats what I base everything I do. A fish from the red sea is from totally different water and conditions then from a fish off of the barrier reef.. This applies to corals as well. on average most find 1.022 to 1.028 works well on average. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) Visit our website at: http://www.aquaticarttechnologies.com/contact.asp |
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