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[HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH]Salinity problem in my quarantine tank [HASH=10531]#reefsquad[/HASH]
Good question. I’m trying to get it within the acceptable range. I started out below detectable level with my Instant Ocean swing arm hydrometer. Since there’s no livestock in the tank, I sprinkled in about a level teaspoon of blue bucket Red Sea salt. I waited several hours for the salt to mix in. Then the point of the arm was as high as it could go, against the stopper. BTW the tank is a IM Fusion NUVO 10 gallon. ~10 gallons. I then took out a quart of salt water from the QT and replaced it with approximately a quart of FW. Swing arm swung to the extreme in the opposite direction. Each time I added something to change the salinity it would just swing to the opposite extreme. I think one mistake is not rinsing the hydrometer between uses. The arm movement is very stiff now. Duh. Must have salt creep buildup in the axial that the arm pivots on. What besides hot water will dissolve this fast? Help please.What's going on with your QT tank salinity?
Good question. I’m trying to get it within the acceptable range. I started out below detectable level with my Instant Ocean swing arm hydrometer. Since there’s no livestock in the tank, I sprinkled in about a level teaspoon of blue bucket Red Sea salt. I waited several hours for the salt to mix in. Then the point of the arm was as high as it could go, against the stopper. BTW the tank is a IM Fusion NUVO 10 gallon. ~10 gallons. I then took out a quart of salt water from the QT and replaced it with approximately a quart of FW. Swing arm swung to the extreme in the opposite direction. Each time I added something to change the salinity it would just swing to the opposite extreme. I think one mistake is not rinsing the hydrometer between uses. The arm movement is very stiff now. Duh. Must have salt creep buildup in the axial that the arm pivots on. What besides hot water will dissolve this fast? Help please.
[HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH] @saltyhog THANK YOU !!!!! So now how to adjust salinity in small increments without the extreme swings? Just use minute amounts of dilution and minute additions of salt?Best recommendation is to get rid of the hydrometer and get a refractometer and some calibration fluid.
Simple RO/DI water or distilled water should be good to rinse it in and get and salt creep in to solution. The other thing is to make sure you get rid of any bubbles in the water when you use the hydrometer. They can cause this kind of inconsistency.
[HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH] @saltyhog THANK YOU !!!!! So now how to adjust salinity in small increments without the extreme swings? Just use minute amounts of dilution and minute additions of salt?
[HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH] @saltyhog Realized the mistake that got me into this dilemma. Wasn't rinsing the swing arm hydrometer BEFORE and AFTER use. Arm got stuck in the down position with an observed measurement. Assumed the salinity was very low do to the observation. Chucked in a small amount of salt and noticed an extreme opposite measurement. So puzzled and frustrated I decided to seek help from the [HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH] group. Someone from there mentioned rinsing the instrument. That was the problem. Now lowering the salinity in small increments. Someone from [HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH] encouraged me to get rid of the hydrometer and get a refractometer. This advice has got me on a rant. First of all I get rid of nothing. Hopefully this was just a symbolic meaning. Second, the swing arm is accurate adequate for me. Third and most importantly I've tried several refractometers and found my eye sight to be too poor to trust any of them. Well that's my rant about this issue. Thanks anyway [HASH=1]#reefsquad[/HASH] !! B-PBest recommendation is to get rid of the hydrometer and get a refractometer and some calibration fluid.
Simple RO/DI water or distilled water should be good to rinse it in and get and salt creep in to solution. The other thing is to make sure you get rid of any bubbles in the water when you use the hydrometer. They can cause this kind of inconsistency.
Good to know you’re so close. Literally 30 miles away. We’ll have to get together for show & tell. Compare notes and all.Well, i dont know how your build thread has escaped my notice. Im in troy, didnt know there was another reefer so close!
@bigbugoutfitters glad I contacted you. Together we will rehome your wrasse. Since I talked to last I learned we won't have time on the 21st to drop your fish off at a local fish store. However I'm glad to take your wrasse into my quarantine tank temporarily to get his/her aggression out of your tanks. That's the first order of business. It is not wise aquarium husbandry to have aquarium fish aggression especially with such prize specimens. I will have leeway to rehome within a comfortable time range of a few weeks although I think I have the problem solved much sooner. You say the fish is approximately 4.5 inches? He will do fine with me until he's in an appropriate sized tank. I won't cause it harm for the short term. I know the owner of The Aquarium Shop in Kalispell, Montana personally. I am positive he can take the fish and if he can't, he can definitely find and rehome it securely. And if the Kalispell area doesn't work out, someone here on Reef2Reef.com will gladly PAY for the fish. The trick there would be arranging the logistics. Text me when you have the fish caught please! And we'll go from there.You bet. Do a lincoln county frag swap! Ha!
you wouldnt by any chance know of anyone else locally with a tank? Im needing to rehome a Neon wrasse that has just begun beating on my dusky wrasse. Great fish, just getting aggressive. Currently have a fish trap set to move it to my fishless biocube.
look at the date.Whats wrong with the sump?