Salinity

[Quang]

What are your Salinity Levels? Just curious....mine's pretty high 1.026ish :happysad:

I use a refracto. btw.

 

[marrone]

I keep mine 1.023-1.026.

 

[Rborgia]

1.024 - 1.025

I prefer to keep it at 1.024 but there is always a slight flucuation when doing water changes.

 

[nanoreefer22]

1.024-1.026 here.

 

[pmui]

1.024- 1.025, But been trying to get it down to 1.023.

 

[Quang]

Yeah....I find it very hard to bring down salinity levels w/o shocking the crap out your corals. During water changes, I mix the new saltwater to be 1.022 w/ my tank at 1.026 and the next day, it's still 1.026. Considering I change about 2 gallons, that's almost 40% of my water. Does Daenos or anyone have any good link/reads about Salinity levels and how diff. corals respond to them?

 

[jhale]

1.025-.026

 

[Deanos]

During water changes, I mix the new saltwater to be 1.022 w/ my tank at 1.026 and the next day, it's still 1.026. Considering I change about 2 gallons, that's almost 40% of my water.

Salinity Adjustment Calculator

BTW, I like to keep mine at 1.025-1.026.

Dean

 

[marrone]

Here is a link to all of Randy-Holmes-Farley Chemistry Articles which contains everything from Cal & ALk to SG.

Randy-Homles-Farley Chem Articles

 

[DevIouS]

1.025 for me....

 

[R32Brightliner]

1.025-1.026

 

[John]

1.025-1.026 for me

 

[VJ&POOPS]

1.023 - 1.025

if your salinity is going up, check your evaporation level -

 

[jawwad2004]

I usually taste my water, I think its at 1.024.

 

[Quang]

I usually taste my water, I think its at 1.024.

LOL, maybe its 1.0245, your taste buds could be off :tongue1:
Godforbid you drink scathing hot coffee....your tank would be in trouble lol

 

[Tonyscoots84]

1.024 -1.026 for me.... i hear 1.026 should be more than perfect for the tank..

 

[Tonyscoots84]

the way i see it since you have a small setup i would shoot for 1.024 for evaporation purpose. so you can have the salinity in the ballpark of 1.024-1.026..

 

[DEEPWATER]

i keep mine at 1.025 -1.026