salinity

[freddy949]

I have been hearing different opinons latley just curious at what salinity do you guys have your reefs at?
-fred

 

[alyssia]

1.026 for all my tanks, reef, FOWLR and seahorse

 

[trimmer156]

1.025 on my tank. need reef, want bigger reef

 

[bang guy]

35 - 36ppt.

 

[freddy949]

bang guy would that equal 1.036?

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by freddy949
bang guy would that equal 1.036?

I seriously doubt it.

 

[bs21]

you asked for salinity which is in ppt. my SG is 1.025. just trying to clarify....not tryin to be a jerk.

 

[travis89]

1.026 for my reef.

 

[freddy949]

its cool u gotta learn some how, so how does the conversion work?

 

[chinnyr]

I keep mine between 1.025 and 1.026 because everyone else keeps thiers at either one

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by freddy949
its cool u gotta learn some how, so how does the conversion work?
There's a conversion chart but with just a Specific Gravity reading there's no way to know the Salinity of the water. You also need the temperature of the water because the Specific Gravity changes depending on the temp but Salinity does not change.

 

[fallnhorse]

1.026 is ocean water salinty.....what i have too....they say 1.023 is good for fish. cause in theory disease would be harder to live but this theory doesn't hold water.

 

[lion_crazz]

I keep my SG at 1.026.