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Old 01/11/2008, 10:06 PM
m2434 m2434 is offline
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Originally posted by nietzsche
i have a refractometer and its been at 1.026

i just checked with elos right now and it dropped down to 475ppm since a few days ago. ill be doing a water change again soon since i havent done one in a couple of weeks

Maybe some kind of testing error could be occurring if the salt isn't completely settled. Saltwater that isn't completely aerated can do strange things to test kits sometimes...
Not sure what else it could be, assuming the salt isn't bad. There is a thread about reef crystals sometimes having low ca, maybe they misplaced it in your bag by mistake?
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