Im so lost

[Myka]

Originally Posted by slider9969

i wish the store was still open id just empty the entire thing and start over

Originally Posted by slider9969

I did half live sand and half regular whit sand that was totally my mistake as a noob but i think i might be on the right track now i have 2 buckets of water getting filled and slowly salinating them and i pick up a proper refractometer tommorrow so i can be a bit more acurate . and all of the peale here have given me soo much info I LOVE THIS FORUM

I'm glad you're enjoying the forums!

Make sure you pick up some calibration solution for your refractometer too, and calibrate it once a month or so. Calibrating with RO/DI water is good for double checking, but shouldn't be used for primary calibration.