What do you keep your salinity at?

[solitude127]

Just was wondering what you keep you salinity at and why?
I try to keep mine at 1.025

 

[jonmf]

Me too.

 

[Mr. Plant]

Same here

 

[suvuong7]

1.027-1.028

 

[Reefomeez]

1.025 because that's where Solitude127 keep his. I try and copy everything he does with his tank. He's my reefing hero.

 

[solitude127]

1.027-1.028

Is there a reason why that range?

 

[solitude127]

1.025 because that's where Solitude127 keep his. I try and copy everything he does with his tank. He's my reefing hero.

I just try to keep it there because there's more room for error if my refractometer is off a little.

 

[solitude127]

Bump.

 

[bullitr]

Mine is 1.026 just in case my tap off add more( 30 gallons extra ) then it drops to 1.025


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[suvuong7]

Is there a reason why that range?

No reason that's just what I always have it at.....corals seems to be fine

 

[watchguy123]

I keep mine around 1.025. But really, can you tell on your refractometer if your off by a little bit. That line never looks sharp to me

 

[DeadCalm]

I keep mine around 1.025. But really, can you tell on your refractometer if your off by a little bit. That line never looks sharp to me

That's why I answered 1.0255

It's somewhere around 1.025 and 1.026

 

[solitude127]

I keep mine around 1.025. But really, can you tell on your refractometer if your off by a little bit. That line never looks sharp to me

For my refractometer, the light source makes a world of difference in the line. Natural sunlight, I get a very distinct line.

 

[Fitz_BizZle]

1.025

 

[mr_bigl]

1.026

 

[tdawg818]

1.023-1.025

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[Adrock]

a funny story when i use to work at age a customer called in asking me about salinity and told me he taste tested his water and that is how he knew how salty it was compared to the last time he did a water change and tested i was beside myself, i proceeded to tell him that i suggested that he should invest in a hydrometer or refractometer so that he could make sure and be able to test more accurately than a taste test that he could no way determine the saltiness of his salt water he was mixing to do a water change very funny story and very true

 

[M3ace9]

1.025

 

[triggerman71]

I keep it 1.26-1.027 if anything is off it dips no lower than 1.025.

 

[rayray]

so that we all sound like we know exactly what we're talking about in front of "real reef nerds" (like me):

salinity is in PPT (parts per thousand particles)

specific gravity is in a ratio of the density of a solution over the density of water

so my reef salinity is 33.5 = SG 1.025