Re: NANFA-L-- Kinda OT- Salt

Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Kinda OT- Salt
From: Joshua L. Wiegert (JLW at dune.net)
Date: Mon Oct 25 2004 - 16:36:44 CDT

Are you sure you added the correct amount ot your bucket?
Are you sure you read the hydrometer correctly -- no bubbles?
Are you sure you know the volume of your bucket?
Are you sure you allowed the salt to properly disolve and had the water
mixed enough to allow equilibrium? 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Snailcollector at cs.com>
To: <nanfa-l at nanfa.org>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:15 PM
Subject: NANFA-L-- Kinda OT- Salt

>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.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 

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: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:52 CST