New Hobbie Yikes

ShepherdReefer · May 27, 2020

Welcome to the club, Brian, I'm sure you will enjoy the forums and learn a great deal, at the same time help others.

Billldg · May 27, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!

MightyMO · May 27, 2020

BrianC said:
Hello everyone,I live in Northern British Columbia, Canada, I have had a freshwater aquarium for 25 years and just recently purchased an XL525 from RedSea in January of this year.
Bad timing re-Covid 19, for the simple reason, I cant aquire fish or Coral for my tank as the airlines are refusing.
On that note not sure how my first go around will be? However I now have time to work out the bugs, one of them being Refractometers.
Nothing was making sense in regards to my Neptune System and My RedSea Refractometer, I spent many of hours researching Neptune forums just to hear people having issues with their Neptune Probe not matching the Refractometers.
I discovered my RedSea refractometer was losing its Calibration after 4 Hrs of sitting at room temp.
Once I learned this I calibrate it before each use and it matches perfectly with Neptune everytime.
Now my question, Is this Normal? are all refractometers having the same Issue? again I'm new to this.

Cheers

Welcome Aboard Brian!!! If your heaters are set correctly, the water is nice!!! Lol

mich2599 · May 27, 2020

Welcome to R2R!

KJ · May 27, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!

Reefnman2 · May 28, 2020

Welcome to R2R!

Pau Hana Reefer · May 28, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!! I find that I need to calibrate my refractometer more often when room temperature swinging more.

Ippyroy · May 29, 2020

Welcome to R2R!

Bryan68 · May 29, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!

Nanorock1970 · May 29, 2020

Welcome to R2R and the wonderful folks, information and help.
Patience, it is the big word around here, Reefing is patience to cycle, to watch things grow, to keep your tank balanced.
I recommend to everyone joining to create a tank build thread.
1. You get to see where you have started and how much you have grown in this hobby.
2. We love pictures and to see what your doing with your tank.
3. It’s a great learning tool for all of us to see what works and doesn’t . We learn great stuff from each other.
Lastly the only bad question here is the one not asked...