Skim
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- Joined
- Jan 3, 2014
- Location
- Brantford, Ontario
I was sitting and pondering last night / early morning on the topic of Temp. and Salinity, and then had an idea. Why not ask someone who lives in the Tropics ( Fiji ) and Reefing is his Career. I went to Walt Smith site and sent a question asking if he ever takes readings of the water where they collect the corals and at the Corals Depth, so not surface. Well to my shock 1 hr. later I get message back saying hello and that they take have and do take readings. Temp wise he said it depends on season and has temp's as low as 74 and as high as 92. He also said that he has noticed that temps below 82 seem to be the best on the reef where they do the Harvesting, 82 and above can see signs of stress starting. I was surprised as to the Salinity or should say S.G because that is what he used, he said about 1.024 and sometimes will see 1.025 so I am assuming 1.023 - 1.024 is the average and 1.025 being the highest he has seen. He also told me that for the Fish holding tanks he keeps them at 1.019 to help keep O2 levels up and help keep the Ick away.
So there you go straight from the Horses mouth, I guess you could say.
So there you go straight from the Horses mouth, I guess you could say.