Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Kinda OT- Salt
Moontanman at aol.com
Date: Mon Oct 25 2004 - 16:20:45 CDT
In a message dated 10/25/04 5:16:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Snailcollector at cs.com writes:
> I have the crystal sea hydrometer and decided to test it for accuracy. I
> made a calibration solution as said on reefkeeping.com and found it to be 99%
> accurate. But when I added the correct dosage of Instan Ocean to my water
> change bucket I found the SG to be 1.010. Whats up with this? The person who
> wrote the article about calibration solutions has a Ph.D in chemistry, so I am
> not so quick to doubt him.
>
>
I would double check to make sure I had put in the correct amount of salt.
Those hydrometers are usually pretty accurate.
Moon
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