Salinity 1.030 good/bad

[Eienna]

Don't use distilled. If they distill it on copper coils it can kill your inverts (and your fish, if the concentration gets high enough.)
Stick with RODI.

 

[CountrySideCoral]

Don't use distilled. If they distill it on copper coils it can kill your inverts (and your fish, if the concentration gets high enough.)
Stick with RODI.

Thank you for backing me up! Distilled water has the potential to be dangerous for saltwater aquariums! RODI or RO should be your only options! Grocery stores/Walmarts sell RODI pre-bottled 1 gallon bottles.

 

[KillerKlownFish]

Really? Walmart has RO?
Thanks.
What about the systems. I'm looking into those. Are they worth it. What are the stages all about?

 

[eliramos]

nice montis Mr.Ugly

Twon your millie looks like one I have.

this one came in brown and now it is pink with bright flor.yellow tips.

this was a brown out also it is so harry I had to close it up to get a pic.

not sure what color this will be blue or purple. I got it this weekend.

and my favorites

This is true
I just had to recalibrate mine it said I was at 1.030 so after I freaked out I started lowering and lowering slowly.
After a week of lowering it still said the same thing I checked some fresh water and it gave me a 1.020 reading after I freaked out again I recalibrate and now I'm slowly raising it back up and everything slowly getting back to normal.
Thankfully I didn't lose anything at a 1.09 salt level! !

 

[Dalmatia]

Did you mean 1.009 or 1.09? Anyways at either levels? One is way to high and the other way to low?
Dead Sea is at 1.16 and your almost there?
Or you where at hypo levels?
Still make sure your refractometer is calibrated properly cause I don't see a way your corals would have lived in either parameters

 

[J062682l]

Thank you for backing me up! Distilled water has the potential to be dangerous for saltwater aquariums! RODI or RO should be your only options! Grocery stores/Walmarts sell RODI pre-bottled 1 gallon bottles.

Really stores will sell 1g ro water

 

[robbrouse]

I know walmart and the likes have RO water, but is it really RODI? RODI has a different taste. I would think it's just RO water. I know a lot of super markets have the big machine you can fill your jugs for like .25 a gallon. I'm not convenience it's RODI water, betting it's just RO.

 

[CountrySideCoral]

The 1 gallon pre-filled jugs at walmart whether they are RO or RODI is still much safer than trusting distilled water.

 

[Michael Goldman]

thats way too high 1.026 is a bit high as well you need to shoot for about 1.024...and if your using distilled water lower ur salinity very slow dont wanna shock anything in the tank anymore than it prob already is.

1.026 is not too high and 1.024 is on the extreme low side of the range of 1.024-1.028 so 1.026 is a pretty good number

 

[Michael Goldman]

Really? Walmart has RO?
Thanks.
What about the systems. I'm looking into those. Are they worth it. What are the stages all about?

Check out Bulk reef supply thats where I got my 6 stage

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

1.026 is not too high and 1.024 is on the extreme low side of the range of 1.024-1.028 so 1.026 is a pretty good number

FYI, you responded to a 10 year old thread, and that member has not been on in years. lol