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hydrometer dilemma Cindy 06-06-2006
Posted by George Patterson on June 6, 2006, 4:11 pm
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Wayne Sallee wrote:
> Or better yet get a salinity monitor, since conductivity is the new
> scientific standard for measuring salinity.

Thanks. Never heard of one before.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Posted by Boomer on June 6, 2006, 9:36 pm
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 "since conductivity
is the new scientific standard for measuring salinity"


Old Wayne, very old, as far back as the 60s :-)

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: Or better yet get a salinity monitor, since conductivity
: is the new scientific standard for measuring salinity.
:
: Wayne Sallee
: Wayne's Pets
: Wayne@WaynesPets.com
:
:
: ~Roy wrote on 6/6/2006 11:53 AM:
: >
: > Yep, what Kim said. I used to put faith in my hydrometer and swing
: > arms.....but when stuff went south I used a refractometer and what a
: > big difference in what I actually had and whata those other two
: > instruments were telling me I had. You can get a good decent
: > temperature comnpensating refractometer for about $40 or so. I know yu
: > can get them for that or less on Ebay, but I owu dbe leary of the ebay
: > ones, even if they are the same, as there have been lots of folks on
: > the web based forums complaining of ebay refract. whose glass sight
: > plate fell out or leaked and allowed water to infiltrate inside.
: > Just make sure if yu order one online from anay place its for SALT and
: > not a BRIX type which is for sugar......... A few folks that bought so
: > called refract. on ebay were sent BRIX type. MOst sold at places like
: > Drs. Foster & Smith and Premium Aquatics n Indianapolis, IN, have a
: > two year warranty and cost about $40. Yu cna get a fanceier model for
: > about $20 more but the results are the same and its not rworth that
: > price difference. Calibration is dead easy, and once set its good to
: > go practically forever, but I do verify mine every now and then, and
: > in over 3 years its yet to be off.
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >>> <> I have a new Coralife Deep Six hydrometer that I've been using for the
: >>> <>past year or so. But over the weekend I sorted through my trash can
: >>> <>full of aquarium supplies, and found my old "The Original" Seatest
: >>> <>hydrometer that I've had for probably 20 years.
: >>> <> The Coralife reads 1.022, and the tank has been doing fine.
: >>> <> The Seatest reads off the scale, well above 1.027! It's pretty simple,
: >>> <>I don't see how it could have gotten screwed up sitting in a box? And
: >>> <>my tanks did fine 20 years ago too.
: >>> <> I'm going to take them both to the fish store and see what they say,
: >>> <>but which one do I believe?
: >>> <>
: >>> <>Cindy
: >



Posted by Wayne Sallee on June 8, 2006, 10:38 am
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Wow I though it had been made the new standard in like the
last 5 years or so :-)

Wayne Sallee
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Boomer wrote on 6/6/2006 9:36 PM:
> "since conductivity
> is the new scientific standard for measuring salinity"
>
>
> Old Wayne, very old, as far back as the 60s :-)
>

Posted by Boomer on June 8, 2006, 12:41 pm
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 I think Wayne that is mostly are fault as we may make it sound that way :-) And
you will
see thing like "the new salinity std" all over the place. It was really not
official until
1978......and.......about 65 years before that was when it was first proposed.
Yah know,
all the cat and dog fighting took some time LOL. It use to be Chlorinity, where
you
measured the chloride ion content. Hydrometers and refracts have never been the
std..but
are often used. Std Sea Water Hydrometer is calibrated to 15 C . The old Std was
often
called Copenhagen Sea Water, samples of real water that sat in a fault.. It is
now often
called Practical Salinity Units (PSU) based on EC ( Electric Conductivity). This
conductivity std of a sea water is a sample set to a standard KCl solution of
32.43565
g/Kg @ 15 C and 1 atm.

You can buy REAL Sea Water Std here.....got money LOL

http://www.oceanscientific.co.uk/

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: Wow I though it had been made the new standard in like the
: last 5 years or so :-)
:
: Wayne Sallee
: Wayne's Pets
: Wayne@WaynesPets.com
:

Y
:
: Boomer wrote on 6/6/2006 9:36 PM:
: > "since conductivity
: > is the new scientific standard for measuring salinity"
: >
: >
: > Old Wayne, very old, as far back as the 60s :-)
: >



Posted by Cindy on June 10, 2006, 1:47 pm
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Boomer wrote:
> I think Wayne that is mostly are fault as we may make it sound that way :-)
And you will
> see thing like "the new salinity std" all over the place. It was really not
official until
> 1978......and.......about 65 years before that was when it was first proposed.
Yah know,
> all the cat and dog fighting took some time LOL. It use to be Chlorinity,
where you
> measured the chloride ion content. Hydrometers and refracts have never been
the std..but
> are often used. Std Sea Water Hydrometer is calibrated to 15 C . The old Std
was often
> called Copenhagen Sea Water, samples of real water that sat in a fault.. It
is now often
> called Practical Salinity Units (PSU) based on EC ( Electric Conductivity).
This
> conductivity std of a sea water is a sample set to a standard KCl solution of
32.43565
> g/Kg @ 15 C and 1 atm.
>
> You can buy REAL Sea Water Std here.....got money LOL
>
> http://www.oceanscientific.co.uk/
>
Maybe I'll just buy me a couple barrels, drive to the coast and get fresh.

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