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Old 04-26-2016, 08:10 PM
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I only do water changes on Wednesdays in months that have an R in them and a waxing gibbous moon! Lol
Oh, how I aspire to that type of schedule....but I don't run a skimmer in the 29 cube, so it's 10% every 4-5 days for me.
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Old 04-27-2016, 07:36 PM
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I weigh mine. Currently using Aquavitro Salinity and 333g is perfect for 2.5 gallons. This gives you 1.025 SG

I just use a digital kitchen scale. In fact I haven't used a refractometer regularly in a looooooong time, although maybe every 10 water changes or so test it just to be sure, and it's always been 100% accurate.
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Old 04-27-2016, 07:57 PM
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Lol I'm old school I dump in salt until it tests 1.025 on the refractomoter lol
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:31 AM
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I've found success with a measuring cup using IO. Maybe my measuring cup is off a bit but meh ...

When I add 9x375ml of salt to 26g of RO I get a perfect 1.026 the next evening

Any other volumes I just adjust the #s
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Old 04-28-2016, 02:32 AM
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I always weigh all the ingredients of my SW and the results are pretty consistent.
I weigh K, Mg and Ca chloride and the salt (I.O.), Lugols solution goes by the drop.
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