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I'll tell ya too... laziness also has its pitfalls... you have any idea how many HOURS I have spent automating this thing??? :mrgreen:

Not all you can buy temp compensated and non temp compensated refractometers.


how long have you had the elegance? they are cranky by nature are they not :mrgreen: I used to have the center brace and when I scraped it things got ****ed for a few minutes then were fine. I mostly will dissolve the amount of salt I need to add in 1 gal of water weather it be two or 3 cups. then I will slowly pour it into the beginning of my sump. at this point I have a flow rate of over 150X/hour flowing through my sump and only about 25% of that is to the tank directly. so it ends up being a gradual mix over about 2 or 3 hours I would guess if I did the math but I am to lazy today and in to much pain to make the calculations (waiting to find out if I have to go for surgery or not at this moment).

I have also dumped a couple cups directly into that chamber of my sump also with mo ill effects but I would not recommend this unless you are sure it is not going to be dumped to the main tank to fast and I would never recommend putting "to strong" of a mix directly into the tank to fast.

Steve

:mrgreen: don't make me laugh it hurts to much :eek:

Steve

Good to see ya got the humour on that one Steve.... didn't want it to seem like I was busting your ba#@s... this is a great place for everyone to share their experiences...

Everybody remember.... we are all running separate CLOSED systems.... what may or may not work for one... may or may not work for someone else... but I don't care WHAT Steve says.... never add bleach! :mrgreen:

here is a temp conversion
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/rhf/index.htm

Of note in Holmes-Farley's article is that a swing arm type hydrometer doesn't require a temperature correction to be applied.

I stand corrected. Partially.

Cheers, :smile: ,