When is the last time you checked this?!!?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

When is the last time you checked your salinity....manually!

A thread just made me think about it and I have to be honest and say I can't remember the last time I checked it manually or automatically!

A lot of you probably monitor yours automatically and just keep up with it via alerts. But what about manually?

 

[Supa]

Weekly.

 

[ying yang]

Check dt water day before wc and then use ovbiously a few times to check salinity of water im making for wc then few hours after a wc check again so check dt water x 2 a week

 

[mdb_talon]

Every couple days. The most frequent thing I check and the only thing that makes me sometimes wish i had a controller with salinity probe

 

[jgirardnrg]

2-3 times a week... always manually.

 

[vtecintegra]

Checked the other day and the DT had crept up to 1.028. Point well taken.

 

[Reefing102]

Just yesterday. Had to check it due to adding more sand and not removing water. Therefore my ATO probe was off so all the evaporation with nothing added might have spiked it. Guess I was running low end cause my SG was 1.027

 

[blaxsun]

Last night (my salinity probe was off by quite a bit).

 

[elorablue]

Every 3 or 4 days manually. I use the Hanna digital and since it’s so easy I check often. Same with the Hanna digital ppPh.

 

[fishface NJ]

every day manually with my refractometer

 

[SDK]

I do a small monthly water change and check the display tank with a refractometer while I'm mixing the new water.

I used to be more lax about it until I realized that my salinity drifts down. Assuming from concentrated skimmer waste. Every other month I mix my NSW at 1.027 and that seems to have done the trick to keep the display at a constant 1.026.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Once a month or so lol , it’s always 1.026 I don’t do water changes so easy to keep , just top off salt water from time to time to adjust for salt creep ect..

 

[X-37B]

This morning @ 1.0265.
I check it once a month or when I do a water change.
Mine never varies really.
I know my skimmer removes 300ml a day and I replace that daily.

 

[Koh23]

Two,three times a week, refractometer, sadly didnt have budget for some fancy probes,monitors.......

Keep 1.026 stable, in firm believe that my refractometer is still accurate after 10+ years in use....

 

[Arego]

I calibrate before I use it every time. Takes less than a minute and I don't need to wonder if it drifted, which I did for a long time.

Once I tightened things up, as far as the calibration, all those little things that shouldn't be happening with corals stopped and it's been huge for us ever since.

 

[kittenbritches]

Last night, after I got a working ATO sorted! It was definitely on the high side.

 

[attiland]

When is the last time you checked your salinity....manually!

A thread just made me think about it and I have to be honest and say I can't remember the last time I checked it manually or automatically!

A lot of you probably monitor yours automatically and just keep up with it via alerts. But what about manually?

I only check it manually. I am all for automation and digital but I find the manual check for salinity the most reliable and the fastest.
Not to mention you don’t really have to do it too often.
I do it when;
- mix new water
- add new livestock to tank
- every 2-3 weeks as part of water testing

 

[EricR]

Only during water change (once every 2-2.5 weeks) using,,, wait for it,,, hydrometer

 

[Koh23]

I calibrate mine using salifert solution, same as using ro water, but still i plan to buy new refractometer just to be sure....

 

[WheatToast]

A few days ago with a refractometer.