Oct 10, 2022 · An older salinity scale is ppt (10-3), where salinity is defined by “the salt content is the weight of the inorganic salts contained in 1 kg of seawater if all bromide and iodide are replaced by …

Dec 7, 2025 · About 2 to 3 months ago, the salinity started to rise, to about 1.027. (I calibrate the refractometer monthly). It stayed there for a while, all animals in the tank seem to be doing well. then …

Feb 2, 2018 · I rejoined the hobby back ~2016, and everyone seemed to agree that 1.025 was the perfect salinity. Lately though, more and more I've been hearing that 35 ppt is what you should target …

Oct 12, 2017 · For reference, natural ocean water has an average salinity of about 35 ppt, corresponding to a specific gravity of about 1.0264 and a conductivity of 53 mS/cm. It often ranges …

Mar 21, 2024 · General Salinity Discussion As far as I know, there is little evidence that keeping a coral reef aquarium at anything other than a natural salinity level is preferable. It appears to be common …

Jun 22, 2023 · Simply add a couple scoops of salt into say 900mls of water and dump it directly to tank and keep doing that until I see a .001 increase? Offcourse I will watch water levels.

Apr 14, 2020 · Direct Salt Addition Calculator Aquarium calculator; Estimate the amount of solid salt required to raise salinity to a target level.

Aug 8, 2022 · So I got a Hanna Salinity Tester which by default is in ppt and the calibration packets are by ppt but can also measure by S.G.. Now, I heard that ppt is a more accurate measurement (correct …

Jun 12, 2018 · What is your ideal salinity. My tank is at 79 degrees F and has a specific gravity of 1.022. I read in ppt that that equates 31.6 ppt salinity. What is the ideal range you guys have success with??

Dec 23, 2021 · Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites …