Cheebs
01/04/2008, 03:04 PM
Well, so far my tank has been doing very well. however, lately I started noticing a culmination of very small problems, and I knew something was up (My BTA is shrinking a bit more often than normal, the skirt of my zoanthids doesn't look as full, clams acting a bit strange...). My levels are all good, with everything sitting at zero, except maybe Nitrates at 5 because of recent fish additions.
Anyways, I keep the tank at 78 degrees, and I tested the water this morning to find that the water was sitting at 1.024 specific gravity on my hydrometer, which works out to something like 1.026 in reality. Obviously I'll be doing a water change to fix it, but could this be what is troubling my corals? I've been trying to figure it out for a while, but hydrometers aren't the most reliable things out there... Refractometer here I come.
Thanks in advance,
Cheebs.
Anyways, I keep the tank at 78 degrees, and I tested the water this morning to find that the water was sitting at 1.024 specific gravity on my hydrometer, which works out to something like 1.026 in reality. Obviously I'll be doing a water change to fix it, but could this be what is troubling my corals? I've been trying to figure it out for a while, but hydrometers aren't the most reliable things out there... Refractometer here I come.
Thanks in advance,
Cheebs.