what type of hydrometer?

[e-cat]

what type of hydro meter do you use?

 

[reefrunner69]

Deep 6

 

[loganj]

Deep 6 and Seatest...have no preference. I grab whichever one is closest. They both read the same.

 

[e-cat]

im useing seatest

does any one use the glass tube type of hydometer?

 

[snapcrackler]

I use a salinity refractometer, temps at 80.5...... do I need to compensate for my reading due to temp? I heard that somewhere

I really like using the refractometer.

I try to keep at 1.024

 

[Biggen]

do I need to compensate for my reading due to temp? I heard that somewhere

I really like using the refractometer.

It depends on what refractometer you have. Mine, for example, has what they call "ATC" or Automatic Temperature Conversion built in so I don't have to convert the temp at all.

Check with your instructions.

 

[snapcrackler]

Ah so...

That explains the ATC within the model number of my refractometer.

 

[Biggen]

 

[Bang Guy]

I use a salinity refractometer, temps at 80.5...... do I need to compensate for my reading due to temp?

Since you have an ATC Refractometer heed the name "Salinity Refractometer". If you're water temp is different than the calibration temperature then the Specific Gravity scale is going to be inaccurate.

This really doesn't matter since what we are actually looking for is the Salinity. You don't ever need to worry about S.G. again. Just keep the Salinity at 35ppt and all will be well.

 

[snapcrackler]

Indeed.......

It's all coming clear to me now.........



Thanks guys!!

 

[Biggen]

Good point, Bang. I forgot to mention not to even use SG at all with the refrac.

 

[targaboy78]

Do any of you folks use the PinPoint Salinity Monitor?
http://www.mops.ca/products/TEAM-SALMON.htm
I'm a computer guy by trade and I am drawn to gadgets, not to mention lights and buttons.

Would this Salinity Monitor be a good investment or is it over-kill?
PinPoint also makes a pH monitor that looks very similar. {They would look pretty snazzy side-by-side. I could make the inside of my cabinet look like a little recording studio.}

 

[BillyZ]

I used a seatest hydrometer for about a year and hated every test. Always had to shake off little bubbles and I was just never confident in the readings. I spent the cash on a refractometer and I LOVE IT! It's an ATC model as well so I just take water sample and measure, there's never any question to the reading. IMO, it's expensive, but worth EVERY penny!

 

[steve-s]

Do any of you folks use the PinPoint Salinity Monitor?
http://www.mops.ca/products/TEAM-SALMON.htm
I'm a computer guy by trade and I am drawn to gadgets, not to mention lights and buttons.

Never used one myself but you can get the exact same thing from J&L and save the shipping charge...

Cheers
Steve

 

[e-cat]

I used a seatest hydrometer for about a year and hated every test. Always had to shake off little bubbles and I was just never confident in the readings. I spent the cash on a refractometer and I LOVE IT! It's an ATC model as well so I just take water sample and measure, there's never any question to the reading. IMO, it's expensive, but worth EVERY penny!

i only had that problem the first couple times i used it, after that no more bubbles.

 

[Toga]

Same here. Seatest works great after some use.