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View Poll Results: Salinity for a mixed reef
1.022 7 2.07%
1.023 30 8.88%
1.024 63 18.64%
1.025 145 42.90%
1.026 93 27.51%
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Old 04-11-2011, 12:29 AM
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Mines at 1.025, Because its a thick line on my refractometer. I'm too blind to see the smaller lines.
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It's just above the thick line.
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Mines at 1.025, Because its a thick line on my refractometer. I'm too blind to see the smaller lines.
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Old 04-11-2011, 02:03 AM
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i run mine at 1.025 and no troubles yet, my only problem is trimming all the time!
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1.025 - 1.026 is were mines at as well.
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1.24-1.25 is where I keep mine.
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Old 04-11-2011, 05:31 PM
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maybe its be cause us newbies dont buy books we just talk to the LFS and they always suggest using a hydrometer and that has indication marks of 1.020-1.024 thats what i was told when i first started
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Mines at 1.025, Because its a thick line on my refractometer. I'm too blind to see the smaller lines.
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Old 04-22-2011, 06:37 AM
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I guess i've always had it a tad high at 1.027, but i never thought that the fish would stress as much as the coral would.
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Hmmm, what is the benefits of running salinity at 1.026? The fish stores tell me to run at 1.024.
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