salinity spiked to 1.029 from 1.024

[Wayne]

How are you checking your salinity? What size of tank do you have to have that big of a salinity swing.

[Nano]

its only 20 gallons and The last top off I did I saw there was evaporation so I figured the full dose of sat was not required in fact I did less then half! I use a hydrometer by instant ocean. Should I just be adding fresh water for top offs? or very very mild amount of salt water? again guys I am new so I am making cllassic mistakes I'm sure

[Ryan_Lap]

When topping up your tank due to evaporation only use RO. No need to add any salt at all since the salt does not evaporate.

[Nano]

ok thanks I will do this in the future! Again sorry you guys I didnt know and thats why I'm here!

[chopperman]

One thing I learned when using my coralife hydrometer is that if I didn't rinse it out with freshwater everytime I used it, salt residue and bubbles would cause inaccurate readings (Learned the hard way) I have since got a refractometer because of better accuracy.

[Nano]

yes so I have heard. I am now in the market for one as well... didnt realize I was going to be spending $80++ ugh...

[daniella3d]

I got mine off ebay for 20$ and it's got automatic temperature compensation (ATC) and it's been working flawlesslly for 2 years. no need to pay 80$

Originally Posted by nanomano

yes so I have heard. I am now in the market for one as well... didnt realize I was going to be spending $80++ ugh...

[Nano]

Nice. got it down safely to 1.026 today, still the only coral affected by all of this is my xenia.. I'm not sure its going to come back.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by nanomano

Nice. got it down safely to 1.026 today, still the only coral affected by all of this is my xenia.. I'm not sure its going to come back.

Darn. I am sure long term , losing Xenia will be a good thing. It will over run your tank to the point where you won't be able to GIVE it away!

Good luck and good work.