GBRLocal Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Combo pH / temperature / Electrical Conductivity meter I borrow from work..... ( I am an Enviro Officer....) Link to comment
szesteve Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Refractometer. Will never go back to a swing arm ever again. Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 refractometer from DR Foster + Smith Link to comment
hermitman Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Floating glass, lets me track the temp and salinity/sg in one sweep...very nice and extremely accurate Link to comment
Argent Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Digital Temp/Salinity/Specific Gravity thingy I picked up on nano-reefers Link to comment
mascencerro Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 best method of all.. taste. I always go by taste of the water. just kidding, its too early in the morning Link to comment
travisurfer Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 refractometer ever since the beginning. i still skimp on other test kits though. Link to comment
proraptor2 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 refracto=one of the best things I have ever bought Link to comment
dstarview Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Just won an IO floating arm at a club raffle. It is at least .004 off. I'll stick with my floating glass hydrometer! Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I origionaly bought waaay too much LR to set up my tank. Took excess to the LFS and traded for a Refractometer. Happy ever since -pinner Link to comment
zachxlutz Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Refractometer. Wouldn't ever go back. Link to comment
chuckfullservice Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I think this is more to heart of the subject , if your using a hydrometer , what do you actually keep in your tank ? Are your corals, fish , inverts that sensitive to salinity level? I bought a hydrometer and it varies between 1.022 - 1.0029 every time, thats a big difference , especially when I am trying to keep it at 1.024 , is it really 1.017????? or 1.029??? I personally would rather know exact measurements. I am a beginner and wonder is salinity level being off by this much going to cause a real problem? I'm sure I'm not the only one who got an inaccurate hydrometer and they seem to be fine, plenty of people here have said they use a hydrometer so maybe having your salinity levlel off by .007 -.010 isn't such a big deal?????? Please tell me other wise and would you nice folks using hydrometers tell us what is actually in your tank? Are you beginners like me or do you have a well established tank with thriving corals and fish??? Link to comment
easterly81 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 hydrometers aren't that accurate. The first of I had has bad, i almost did some damage to my tank. I use a refractometer now. They are worth the extra money! Link to comment
crabstix Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I use a glass bubble hydrometer, and it worked great until I dropped it X) I calibrated my new one against a refractometer, and it's off by .001. The thing is, it will ALWAYS be off by .001, regardless of what salinity I'm trying to acheive, so I'm still getting results that are just as accurate. I just can't justify paying 10x as much to get the same results. You don't have any issues with gunk building up on the glass if you don't leave it in the tank. I can't think of anything easier to clean salt off of than the outside of a smooth glass cylinder. Link to comment
abollenb Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 swing arm hydrometer Link to comment
debdp Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 After too many different readings with hydrometer switched to refractometer. Link to comment
reefkidsclownfish Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 refractomer, i had 4 swing arms from 3 difrent brands and non of them actualy worked, it was weared, they all would point straight up nomatter what i did. so i finaly just got a RM and it worked great. Link to comment
chiahead Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Refractometer here.....I can see no reason not to and plenty of reasons not to use a swing arm... Refractometer here.....I can see no reason not to and plenty of reasons not to use a swing arm... Link to comment
kjohansen Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I've used them all. By far the easiest and accurate in the Refractometer.. Just my two cents. But it is good investment. Link to comment
robbie Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 refractometer from http://www.drsfostersmith.com/ i love it Link to comment
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