First off wanna say, "D-Bone, you were right!" My salinity is way high. It's 1.031 and it is very likely the salinity in that bucket was 1.034. I had my water tested by Robert Ellis, out of fear that my calibration fluid was "too salty". Sure enough he tested it and it was off.
I've been doing wc's with 1.032 water for the last few weeks including a 45 gallon water change that killed my favorite acro a week ago. All I can say is my Sps that are alive are some diehard mothaf$&-@&!
So What did I do wrong? I didn't cross check my calibration fluid with rodi. By that I mean I didn't ZERO out my refractometer ( I never do this in fact.) and then test the actual calibration fluid. If I had done this it would have saved lots of acropora and especially years of growth on other corals.
I guess moral of the story is, your refractometer is probably one of the easiest tools to use and also the best tool to keep your tank balanced when you calibrate it correctly. If you put all of your eggs in one basket you are bound to fail. Always cross reference.
Esteban is feeling: retarded
I've been doing wc's with 1.032 water for the last few weeks including a 45 gallon water change that killed my favorite acro a week ago. All I can say is my Sps that are alive are some diehard mothaf$&-@&!
So What did I do wrong? I didn't cross check my calibration fluid with rodi. By that I mean I didn't ZERO out my refractometer ( I never do this in fact.) and then test the actual calibration fluid. If I had done this it would have saved lots of acropora and especially years of growth on other corals.
I guess moral of the story is, your refractometer is probably one of the easiest tools to use and also the best tool to keep your tank balanced when you calibrate it correctly. If you put all of your eggs in one basket you are bound to fail. Always cross reference.
Esteban is feeling: retarded