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10-12-2007, 08:36 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 21
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|  Salinity level for best SPS growth
What is the most beneficial salinity level for the fastest SPS growth and greatest coloration? I read that a level of 1.0255 may hurt SPS growth. Any opinions? | 
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10-12-2007, 08:40 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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I like 1.024 | |
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10-12-2007, 08:44 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 21
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I thought Natural Seawater was at 1.027 so why would 1.0255 hurt coral growth? | |
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10-12-2007, 09:14 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Because natural seawater is...well...natural. The stuff WE generally have is synthetic. I keep my SG at 1.023 to 1.024 and have had SPSs grow wonderfully.
However when I lived in San Diego, the LFS I went to sold natural seawater. MAN that stuff was great!!! Talk about ZERO algae! That was the cleanest I've ever seen my tank  _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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10-12-2007, 12:09 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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With NSW it all depends on the location and time of yr the sample was taken.. There is little if anything natyral about a reef AQUARIUM.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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10-12-2007, 03:25 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Isn't that the truth, Tangster..LOL I keep my specific gravity at 1.026 and mine thrive at that level....You should also keep in mind that specific gravity is directly related to temperature _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
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2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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10-12-2007, 03:31 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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We actually checked the salinty once in FL at different depths. 1-3" was 1.026, 10' was 1.025, 20' was 1.025 30' was 1.023 we only went about 45feet and it 1.023-1.024. Which all makes sense cause the water evaporate at the surface so it would be more concentrated there.
FYI, we carried hydrometers in ziplock bags and opened them at desired depths to test it.
My salinity flucuates from evap, and I have EXCELLENT growth. I try to keep it around 1.023-1.024 though _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-12-2007, 08:59 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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My salinity level is at 1.025... My corals have GREAT growth... | |
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10-26-2007, 06:08 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2007
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1.026 for me | |
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