Help Please

[virginreef]

My salinity has dropped significantly an I don’t know why...

 

[Bryn]

Can you do a manual test to confirm it is not a probe error?

 

[Brandon Smith]

I am thinking the same thing as well. Have you added water at all?

 

[Timfish]

Either your ATO failed and added a bunch of freshwater, someone else added freshwster or the probe is out of calibration or the port is flaky. Double check salinity with a refractometeror hydrometer and check the probes calibration.

 

[virginreef]

I added RO water to the ATO about two days ago. To do a manual test on the probes, do I need the pouches because I don’t have any.

 

[Bryn]

I added RO water to the ATO about two days ago. To do a manual test on the probes, do I need the pouches because I don’t have any.

Do you have a refractometer?

 

[virginreef]

Can you do a manual test to confirm it is not a probe error?

Will I need the pouch? I don’t have any extras at this time

 

[virginreef]

Do you have a refractometer?

Yes I do

Do you have a refractometer?

yes I do

 

[Bryn]

Lets use that to check your Salinity.

 

[jphilip813]

Recommend do a manual test ...Refractometer or hydrometer

 

[virginreef]

Lets use that to check your Salinity.

1.022 is what the refractometer is saying

 

[virginreef]

Recommend do a manual test ...Refractometer or hydrometer

Yes I did... it’s saying 1.022

 

[Gernader]

Did you check if the ATO dumped all of the freshwater into the tank?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Go with refract, soak Probe in RO water and if possible calibrate the refract. If in doubt, take a water sample to LFS and see what reading they get

 

[Bryn]

1.022 is approx 30.6ppt so it looks like your probe is working correctly. Some how your top off has added too much RO water. Is your sump level that you top off into, does it look a little higher? Also look at your temp, has dropped by almost 1 degree.

32.6ppt = 1.0246sg
29.8 = 1.0224sg

And you measured 1.022 on the refractometer. To me probe is good, ATO might have added too much.

 

[BrandonS]

maybe forgot to turn off the top off when doing a water change?

 

[virginreef]

Did you check if the ATO dumped all of the freshwater into the tank?

Yes I did... the fresh water is good... it did not dump it

 

[virginreef]

maybe forgot to turn off the top off when doing a water change?

I was going to do the water change tonight...haven’t done a water change yet

 

[Bryn]

If not ATO, then another liquid might have been added. Do you automatically dose Alk, Ca etc. Check those containers. Also how big is this tank?

 

[virginreef]

1.022 is approx 30.6ppt so it looks like your probe is working correctly. Some how your top off has added too much RO water. Is your sump level that you top off into, does it look a little higher? Also look at your temp, has dropped by almost 1 degree.

32.6ppt = 1.0246sg
29.8 = 1.0224sg

And you measured 1.022 on the refractometer. To me probe is good, ATO might have added too much.

It doesn’t look like it’s tilt or anything like that.. also my ORP has fallen off. It use to be on the display but it’s not any more... the probes don’t seem damaged or anything like that