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Most new fish and coral don't die from disease. They die from the shock of being dumped straight from a bag into water with different salinity, pH and temperature. The drip method fixes that by letting the animal adjust slowly, over 30 to 60 minutes, instead of all at once. Here's the fast version you can do on your kitchen bench tonight.What you need A clean bucket (never one that's touched detergent) A length of airline tubing An airline control valve or a simple knot to slow the drip Dr Tim's AquaCleanse to bind ammonia during transport stress A net...

Here is an uncomfortable truth. Most refractometers sitting in tackle boxes around the country are reading wrong, and the owner has no idea. They calibrated it with tap water once when it was new, never touched it again, and have been mixing salt to a number that slowly drifted. The fix takes about two minutes. What you need Your refractometer A bottle of 35 ppt calibration fluid (not RO water, not tap water) A soft tissue or microfibre cloth A few minutes in good light Calibration fluid is the part people skip. Pure water calibration gets you close, but a...