Did you happen to mix the dry salt before using it? It does settle some.Sooooooo . Not very good results/ more confused than ever .
salinity 1.026 with refractometer
Salinity 1.024 Hanna digital
magnesium 1650 ( I saw on Instagram hanna said there was an issue with the reagents but I haven’t researched yet )
calcium ( unable to test I ran out of regant ordering more tonight)
alkalinity. 1st test 15.6. 2nd test 7.9
I don’t think it’s mixed properly I can still see solids floating in the top water column. I had my pump at the bottom so the salt doesn’t settle at the bottom but apparently it’s not mixing the top well so I moved the pump half way up and I’ll check tomorrow night and retest everything.
I would assume an qps 16 at full power should mix a 30 gallon brute can though? Not sure why the water is still not crystal clear after 36+ hours ?
also not sure why two drastic alkalinity results minutes apart .
anyway not good results I’ll test again tomorrow. Do you see any point in testing nitrates or phosphate in a new batch of water ? Or skip it ?
Super confused reefer
Thank you