High Salinity

csabo98 · 12/29/2006, 02:59 PM

I just got a refractometer for christmas and measured my tank. My swingarm says that it was 1.023 but the refractometer after calibration says 1.029. I am sure this is to high. I definitely trust the refractometer as the swingarm is a couple years old and probalby no good to begin with. Could this at all be contributing to my hair algea problem. I am going to just remove a few cups of water a day and replace it with ro/di till levels are more acceptable.

supertech3 · 12/29/2006, 06:07 PM

depending on the swingarm type they are subject to error, you can take out more than a few cups a day that will hardly make any change, IMO take out about two a day

supertech3 · 12/29/2006, 06:08 PM

2 gals that is not cups

12/29/2006, 02:59 PM	#1
csabo98 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 42	High Salinity I just got a refractometer for christmas and measured my tank. My swingarm says that it was 1.023 but the refractometer after calibration says 1.029. I am sure this is to high. I definitely trust the refractometer as the swingarm is a couple years old and probalby no good to begin with. Could this at all be contributing to my hair algea problem. I am going to just remove a few cups of water a day and replace it with ro/di till levels are more acceptable.

12/29/2006, 06:07 PM	#2
supertech3 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: El Paso Posts: 1,206	depending on the swingarm type they are subject to error, you can take out more than a few cups a day that will hardly make any change, IMO take out about two a day

12/29/2006, 06:08 PM	#3
supertech3 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: El Paso Posts: 1,206	2 gals that is not cups