Here he is...

**The Wedge** · 11-20-2008, 09:23 PM

My first inhabitant/explorer a Y bar perc?

PS. can I use distilled water to calibrate my refractometer I just received Via UPS

**teach** · 11-20-2008, 10:16 PM

Beautiful fish. congrats

**Tigerbarb** · 11-20-2008, 10:30 PM

Nice pix! I was thinking about getting a true percula clown when I was setting up my tank.

**The Wedge** · 11-20-2008, 10:35 PM

Got my refractometer from marine depot...what a cool little instrument. I calibrated it by my air conditioner so the surrounding temperature is closer to 68 F. I used RO/DI to calibrated. My SG is 1.026. I might remove some of my water tomorrow and add some RO/DI to the powerhead so it mixes well before hitting the main tank. 1.026 isn't bad is it. I truly do not get alot of evaporation in my aquapod even when I leave the feeding lid open.

**travie** · 11-21-2008, 01:27 AM

As long as it doesn't get above 1.026, it is fine.

**kaybee** · 11-21-2008, 09:58 AM

Distilled water may work when ''calibrating to zero', but you may also want to consider calibrating against a known salinity (such as a calibration fluid) in addition to/instead of that for even greater accuracy.

**The Wedge** · 11-21-2008, 03:33 PM

I found him on the bottom doin' this weird maneuver last night when I came in from the Gov't Mule concert. I was so ticked off at myself. I was saying to myself..."I killed the little bugger!"

I just woke up and went to the Nano and he is doing is usual bobbin' goofy swim. They sleep in bizarre ways. Scared the bejezus out of me.

Kaybee...I used RO/DI to calibrated to zero...I'll get some isotonic pure saline solution to have another gauge of accuracy.

I am so pleased he is not dead.

**coachfraley** · 11-21-2008, 03:50 PM

Full tank shot????????

**Northernguy** · 11-21-2008, 04:03 PM

Great looking fish!Animated coloring.
Salt water tanks rock!
I wish I knew more about salt water.I still have tons to learn before I get started.

**labnjab** · 11-21-2008, 04:04 PM

They do sleep wierd, lol. We have a pair of false percs that jam between 2 rocks, the female on the bottom, and the male on top, and they stay that way almost all night. Sometimes they will be side by side between 2 rocks.