Salinity?

RealReef7 · 08/31/2009, 03:47 PM

What do you guys keep your salt level at?

reefergeorge · 08/31/2009, 04:13 PM

After 19 years you haven't figured it out?

I personally keep my tank 1.024 - 1.026.

Snakebyt · 08/31/2009, 04:13 PM

i just set up a tank last night, set it at .025

luther1200 · 08/31/2009, 04:17 PM

There is a poll in the chemistry forum, currently on the subject. Go check it out.

smokieroom · 08/31/2009, 04:18 PM

I keep mine at 1.026 specific gravity verified by a refractometer. I used to keep it at 1.022 as my LFS suggested and I had some problems with my corals I bumped it up to 1.026 as most suggest on this board and they have been doing great for the last 3 years.

RealReef7 · 08/31/2009, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reefergeorge
After 19 years you haven't figured it out?

I personally keep my tank 1.024 - 1.026.

Just curious what other people keep their salinity at? I keep mine around 1.023-1.025. I hear a lot of people bumping up their salinity to 1.026... and was curious what they benefit from doing that..

sedor · 08/31/2009, 04:30 PM

Reason most reef people keep theirs at 1.026 is because thats the SG of natural sea water and corals like it best. Fish only systems can run around 1.020.

jenglish · 08/31/2009, 04:54 PM

there are various salinites in parts of the world. Mixing ASW to 1.026 means more calcium, mag, Kh, etc for stony growth.

seapug · 08/31/2009, 05:11 PM

I try to keep mine closer to 1.027-28 to maximize concentrations of calcium, alkalinity and trace elements.

RealReef7 · 08/31/2009, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by seapug
I try to keep mine closer to 1.027-28 to maximize concentrations of calcium, alkalinity and trace elements.

thanks seapug thats what I was looking for.

greenbean36191 · 09/01/2009, 06:21 AM

I keep mine above 1.025 to reduce stress on the fish and inverts.

dnsfpl · 09/01/2009, 09:47 AM

the salinity of the NSW here is only 1.022

i buffer it to 1.024 using coralife salt

cheers

PrangeWay · 09/01/2009, 09:56 AM

Going by that the area our corals/fish from (SW Pacific in general) is 35ppm or 1.026. Hence where I keep mine.

PW

Macimage · 09/01/2009, 07:21 PM

35 ppm

08/31/2009, 03:47 PM	#1
RealReef7 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: bikini island Posts: 954	Salinity? What do you guys keep your salt level at?

08/31/2009, 04:13 PM	#2
reefergeorge Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Louis MO Posts: 4,222	After 19 years you haven't figured it out? I personally keep my tank 1.024 - 1.026. __________________ $35-50 for a <1" frag of some stupid named thing that came from a colony you bought for $40-60 wholesale and chopped into 20-40 pieces? No thanks. "JasonH" Current Tank Info: 125 aggressive reef, DIY led lighting, swc cone skimmer, 33 gallon sump, posiden Ps3 return.

08/31/2009, 04:17 PM	#4
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	There is a poll in the chemistry forum, currently on the subject. Go check it out. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

08/31/2009, 04:18 PM	#5
smokieroom Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: TN Posts: 110	I keep mine at 1.026 specific gravity verified by a refractometer. I used to keep it at 1.022 as my LFS suggested and I had some problems with my corals I bumped it up to 1.026 as most suggest on this board and they have been doing great for the last 3 years. __________________ current tanks: 90 gal w/30 gal sump - 6 bulb t5 retro w/1 icecap 660 ballast and 1 icecap 430 ballast - reefkeeper elite w/2 pc4's, mlc, net, sl1, and sl2 - marine solutions msx200 skimmer - vortech mp40w es 29 gal biocube - 20" current sunpod 150W HQI - reefkeeper lite w/2 pc4's, sl2, and net - sapphire aquatics skimmer 12 gal nano cube - nanotuners 3.24 lighting upgrade - sapphire aquatics skimmer Current Tank Info: 90 gal, 29 gal biocube, and 12 gal nano cube

08/31/2009, 04:30 PM	#7
sedor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,689	Reason most reef people keep theirs at 1.026 is because thats the SG of natural sea water and corals like it best. Fish only systems can run around 1.020. __________________ Ryan

08/31/2009, 04:13 PM	#3
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	i just set up a tank last night, set it at .025

08/31/2009, 04:54 PM	#8
jenglish Marquis de Carabas Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,523	there are various salinites in parts of the world. Mixing ASW to 1.026 means more calcium, mag, Kh, etc for stony growth. __________________ Jeremy Brown liquor never hurt anybody “Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse" Pierre-Simon Laplace I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key. Current Tank Info: broken and dry

08/31/2009, 05:11 PM	#9
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	I try to keep mine closer to 1.027-28 to maximize concentrations of calcium, alkalinity and trace elements. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

09/01/2009, 06:21 AM	#11
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	I keep mine above 1.025 to reduce stress on the fish and inverts. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

09/01/2009, 09:47 AM	#12
dnsfpl Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,121	the salinity of the NSW here is only 1.022 i buffer it to 1.024 using coralife salt cheers __________________ Achilles Tang \| Bandit, 2 x False Shepardi Angelfish \| Cleaner, Flame & Mystery Wrasse

09/01/2009, 09:56 AM	#13
PrangeWay Duke of Monte Fisto Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 722	Going by that the area our corals/fish from (SW Pacific in general) is 35ppm or 1.026. Hence where I keep mine. PW __________________ Dumbest Quotes Ever..... "Great color, great growth" closely followed by "all water parameters fine"

09/01/2009, 07:21 PM	#14
Macimage Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Quartz Hill Posts: 4,078	35 ppm