Milwaukee instrument calibration

[Seapets]

Hi reefers couple of questions. Maybe someone can answer. I have an instrument Milwaukee to check salt levels. And it’s out of balance. For quite a long time, and I actually thought it was giving accurate readings. I wasn’t sure it needed to be calibrated. . and I wasn’t sure why my clowns were dying. A friend of mine tested my water with a manual cheap saltwater salinity Checker and he said that my salt water was at 1.016. That’s how I found out why my clowns were dying for that reason. because normally I do Water changes every two weeks.. does anybody know where I can get the liquid to calibrate the Milwaukee instrument?
I would appreciate for the help!

 

[Chris.Reef]

What model is it? The desktop ones you zero it out with DI water.

 

[Seapets]

What model is it? The desktop ones you zero it out with DI water.

Thanks for responding. And helping me out. For the longest time I actually thought it was accurate thinking it didn’t need to be calibrated.

 

[Chris.Reef]

You will want to zero it out with ro water or even better distilled water every use.

 

[Seapets]

You will want to zero it out with ro water or even better distilled water every use.

Cheers thanks. God bless. That’s awesome that I can use distilled water. To bring it to zero.. sweet I don’t have to spend extra money to get the liquid.

 

[Reefried]

Having a liquid reagent to test after you zero with distilled water would be the best practice.

 

[Seapets]

Having a liquid reagent to test after you zero with distilled water would be the best practice.

Thanks I appreciate that. I’ll definitely do that.