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Old 07-23-2010, 02:02 PM
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Kevin sells a solution, that gives you the calibration points for many things... Salinity, MG, Calcium and so forth... Salinity, I believe it will give a true reading of 35, so I put a few drops on the refractometer and reset it to a true 35 reading... Good stuff!!!
Distilled RO/DI water will do the same thing let it sit stale for 1 day in a glass.
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Distilled RO/DI water will do the same thing let it sit stale for 1 day in a glass.
That's good for zeroing it, but there are a lot of refractometers that don't scale properly which is why I've always seen it recommended that you calibrate it at 35
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