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Unread 02/13/2018, 05:24 PM   #15
HBtank
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Originally Posted by Zalick View Post
What brands are you using? I've been using the Vee Gee Scientific STX-3 for about 1.5yrs now and its still on the money. Its much better than my Sybon.
I have had the same experience with my $30 refrac, and have seen many with similar results on cheap "ATC refracs" when I have read these threads.

No joke, touched the screw barely 2x in 13 years; my 35 ppt reference solutions are always spot on!

I think the reality is that most refracs are very solid except the red sea one, which seems to be some weird torture device disguised as testing equipment.


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Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA
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