what is your reef tank salinity?

Koresample · #1 08-05-2009, 05:43 AM

1.025 and i have to lug a 5 gallon jug daily to top it off..the things i do for coral

Koresample · #2 08-05-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Koresample

1.025 and i have to lug a 5 gallon jug daily to top it off..the things i do for coral

sorry, the temp is also 79 degrees f. I have my ac always down about 20c so my heater runs quite a bit in the summer, should be no problem when my new 250w MH arrives next week

BlueAbyss · #3 08-05-2009, 06:08 AM

Well, since my refracto is temperature compensated I just read it after 1 minute. My tank is at 35 ppt salinity (~1.026 SG), doesn't vary much since I'm diligent about topping off (and my tank is glass covered).

scherzo · #4 08-05-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Koresample

1.025 and i have to lug a 5 gallon jug daily to top it off..the things i do for coral

5 gallon jug? Or Bucket? I'm thinking that is a typo.. or is it?
1 gallon jug maybe?

I keep mine at 1.025 ... about 1 gallon every couple of days.. manually at this point.. figuring out an ATO system still..

banditpowdercoat · #5 08-05-2009, 12:16 PM

Right now, my 150g is almost 3g/day evap. another gallon for the 45g. Thank god for centralized ATO LOL

bowkry · #6 08-05-2009, 12:36 PM

ya mine is about the same 3-4 gal a day. my sal 1026 at 80.4

Aleks · #7 08-05-2009, 01:25 PM

1.026 at 78o......maybe after my evap it will creep close to 1.027 but its a small tank......15 gal.....I top off about every day and a half with 3-4L....depends on the temp....Open top tank

mandarin man · #8 08-05-2009, 07:03 PM

Thanks for your reponses,

There were days last months extremely hot. I had the fan blowing in my 35 gallon tank to keep the temp down; resulting large amount of evaporation and increasing in the salinity. Fortunately, I was off work for those days and actively and manually top off with fresh water.

In the future, i might not be too lucky when I am at work. The salinity will creep up more than .002 .

Have you guys ever heard of large change in salinity the tank causing the corals and fishes to die?

Koresample · #9 08-05-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by scherzo

5 gallon jug? Or Bucket? I'm thinking that is a typo.. or is it?
1 gallon jug maybe?

I keep mine at 1.025 ... about 1 gallon every couple of days.. manually at this point.. figuring out an ATO system still..

no typo, its one of those 5 gallon water jugs from the store. My 40 gallon loses about 3 litres/day depending on how much my AC unit is running.Heave Ho!

Coincidentally · #10 08-05-2009, 08:37 PM

Just cos I am a geek

and I brought a hydrometer this weekend to indian arm and I tested the water it was .032! i tested it a couple times and the same reading each time, low tide was about four hours before this...