Anything specific about a(the) hydrometer

I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically give me
his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...

but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok, best,
etc.... brand names matter?

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"RedForeman ©®" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically give me
> his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...
>
> but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok, best,
> etc.... brand names matter?
>
> --
>
> RedForeman ©®
>
>
>
>
>
>

They are a good tool to get an idea of your salinity, but they aren't perfect
nor always accurate. The best choice is a refractometer, but if you are buying
a Sea Clone at this point, I doubt you'll buy a refractometer.

You can find hydrometers at any LFS or Petsmart/Petco.

Marc


"RedForeman ©®" wrote:

> I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically give me
> his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...
>
> but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok, best,
> etc.... brand names matter?
>
> --
>
> RedForeman ©®

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> but if you are buying
>a Sea Clone at this point, I doubt you'll buy a refractometer.
>

ROFLMAO
Rod Buehler
www.asplashoflife.com

*ouch* *oooh* *eeewww*

that stung....

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"Marc Levenson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> They are a good tool to get an idea of your salinity, but they aren't
perfect
> nor always accurate. The best choice is a refractometer, but if you are
buying
> a Sea Clone at this point, I doubt you'll buy a refractometer.
>
> You can find hydrometers at any LFS or Petsmart/Petco.
>
> Marc
>
>
> "RedForeman ©®" wrote:
>
> > I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically give
me
> > his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...
> >
> > but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok, best,
> > etc.... brand names matter?
> >
> > --
> >
> > RedForeman ©®
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"RedForeman ©®" <> wrote in message
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> *ouch* *oooh* *eeewww*
>
> that stung....
>
Maybe Mort will give you a refractometer.

CapFusion,...

You'll use it for now, and probably be happy. Later, you'll realize it just
doesn't do the job as you battle one algae after another. ( "The Shadow
knows....." - very old reference)

I've got a Sea Clone in my garage that I refuse to even give away. If I could
fit it through the paper shredder, I'd do it. <grin> There have been some plans
going around using it as a Kalk (Neilsen) reactor, and I may try that out one
day.

Marc
Btw, our club just did a group buy on Refractometers for $34 each from Premium
Aquatics. So everything in this hobby doesn't HAVE to cost a fortune.


"RedForeman ©®" wrote:

> *ouch* *oooh* *eeewww*
>
> that stung....
>
> --
>
> RedForeman ©®
>
> "Marc Levenson" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > They are a good tool to get an idea of your salinity, but they aren't
> perfect
> > nor always accurate. The best choice is a refractometer, but if you are
> buying
> > a Sea Clone at this point, I doubt you'll buy a refractometer.
> >
> > You can find hydrometers at any LFS or Petsmart/Petco.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > "RedForeman ©®" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically give
> me
> > > his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...
> > >
> > > but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok, best,
> > > etc.... brand names matter?
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > RedForeman ©®
> >
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> >
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But that is your opinion, as valid as it is. I don't HAVE an opinion, and I
just want to learn...

If this was April, we'd not be asking this, it'd be, how do I get my remora
to do this.. blah blah..... that's the only reason I even asked....

time.... where does it go....

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"Marc Levenson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You'll use it for now, and probably be happy. Later, you'll realize it
just
> doesn't do the job as you battle one algae after another. ( "The Shadow
> knows....." - very old reference)
>
> I've got a Sea Clone in my garage that I refuse to even give away. If I
could
> fit it through the paper shredder, I'd do it. <grin> There have been some
plans
> going around using it as a Kalk (Neilsen) reactor, and I may try that out
one
> day.
>
> Marc
> Btw, our club just did a group buy on Refractometers for $34 each from
Premium
> Aquatics. So everything in this hobby doesn't HAVE to cost a fortune.
>
>
> "RedForeman ©®" wrote:
>
> > *ouch* *oooh* *eeewww*
> >
> > that stung....
> >
> > --
> >
> > RedForeman ©®
> >
> > "Marc Levenson" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > They are a good tool to get an idea of your salinity, but they aren't
> > perfect
> > > nor always accurate. The best choice is a refractometer, but if you
are
> > buying
> > > a Sea Clone at this point, I doubt you'll buy a refractometer.
> > >
> > > You can find hydrometers at any LFS or Petsmart/Petco.
> > >
> > > Marc
> > >
> > >
> > > "RedForeman ©®" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically
give
> > me
> > > > his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...
> > > >
> > > > but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok,
best,
> > > > etc.... brand names matter?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > RedForeman ©®
> > >
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http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
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No problem. Several of us try to steer people clear of certain actions or
products, but everyone has free will to choose what they want to do.

I never would have used one except for the 55g setup I bought a year ago came
with one. Having it hooked up and running, I could see how useless it was. I
had an insump no-name skimmer (venturi style) that was doing better than the
SeaClone. Later I ripped both of them out and replaced them with an Aqua C
EV-200 I bought used.

During a pump failure, I had to borrow the skimmer's Mag 12 to keep my reef
running and took the skimmer offline for a couple of weeks. During that time I
put a CPR Bakpak on my reef to skim. Even emptying the cup daily of the juice
it pulled out, as soon as the EV-200 was put back into action, I couldn't
believe the vile stuff it pulled out for the next 48 hours. It was as if the
CPR did nothing for those two weeks!

Marc


"RedForeman ©®" wrote:

> But that is your opinion, as valid as it is. I don't HAVE an opinion, and I
> just want to learn...
>
> If this was April, we'd not be asking this, it'd be, how do I get my remora
> to do this.. blah blah..... that's the only reason I even asked....
>
> time.... where does it go....
>
> --
>
> RedForeman ©®
>
> "Marc Levenson" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > You'll use it for now, and probably be happy. Later, you'll realize it
> just
> > doesn't do the job as you battle one algae after another. ( "The Shadow
> > knows....." - very old reference)
> >
> > I've got a Sea Clone in my garage that I refuse to even give away. If I
> could
> > fit it through the paper shredder, I'd do it. <grin> There have been some
> plans
> > going around using it as a Kalk (Neilsen) reactor, and I may try that out
> one
> > day.
> >
> > Marc
> > Btw, our club just did a group buy on Refractometers for $34 each from
> Premium
> > Aquatics. So everything in this hobby doesn't HAVE to cost a fortune.
> >
> >
> > "RedForeman ©®" wrote:
> >
> > > *ouch* *oooh* *eeewww*
> > >
> > > that stung....
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > RedForeman ©®
> > >
> > > "Marc Levenson" <> wrote in message
> > > news:...
> > > > They are a good tool to get an idea of your salinity, but they aren't
> > > perfect
> > > > nor always accurate. The best choice is a refractometer, but if you
> are
> > > buying
> > > > a Sea Clone at this point, I doubt you'll buy a refractometer.
> > > >
> > > > You can find hydrometers at any LFS or Petsmart/Petco.
> > > >
> > > > Marc
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "RedForeman ©®" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm accumulating bits and peices, soon Mort's going to practically
> give
> > > me
> > > > > his skimmer(hee-hee) and I'm getting things as I go along...
> > > > >
> > > > > but a hydrometer? Where do you find them, what kind is good, ok,
> best,
> > > > > etc.... brand names matter?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > RedForeman ©®
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> >
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> >
> >

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