So I just bought a Hanna salinity checker for my tank.
A little reason why I bought the checker. I travel a lot for work and so a lot of the time I’m not home to look after the tank. My family do a good job of the basics and then I do the water changes when I’m home. Recently they needed to do a water change whilst I was away (a lot of food got spilt into the tank) and they really struggled to read the refractometer.
so the checker arrived today and I decided to test it. I gave it a rinse in ro water, dried it then calibrated it. I then tested my tank and it read 1.023, my refractometer read 1.026. I calibrated the refractometer with calibration fluid and it still said 1.026. Now I’m confused as to what I should trust. I admit my refractometer is only a cheap Amazon one but I thought it was accurate until now.
What should I do, slowly raise the salinity to match the Hannah checker or send it back and carry on with my refractometer.
Im abit stuck on this one. I see everyone say how accurate the checker is but I dont know if I should trust it or not.
A little reason why I bought the checker. I travel a lot for work and so a lot of the time I’m not home to look after the tank. My family do a good job of the basics and then I do the water changes when I’m home. Recently they needed to do a water change whilst I was away (a lot of food got spilt into the tank) and they really struggled to read the refractometer.
so the checker arrived today and I decided to test it. I gave it a rinse in ro water, dried it then calibrated it. I then tested my tank and it read 1.023, my refractometer read 1.026. I calibrated the refractometer with calibration fluid and it still said 1.026. Now I’m confused as to what I should trust. I admit my refractometer is only a cheap Amazon one but I thought it was accurate until now.
What should I do, slowly raise the salinity to match the Hannah checker or send it back and carry on with my refractometer.
Im abit stuck on this one. I see everyone say how accurate the checker is but I dont know if I should trust it or not.