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02-09-2008, 07:38 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by YLChik
how were prices/stocking ?
Compared to Sharkey's... btw are they still selling via internet? DId they just ditch the store front?
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Sharkeys just closed the storefront
they still are planning on going internet
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
four-and-a-half-minute journey across the desolate, frozen parking lot
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02-09-2008, 07:39 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hillbillyville Alabama, hoping to go back to Flawreeduh soon
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Originally Posted by OneDummHikk
I had Josh test it with his, he said it was 1.017 and mine said 1.024-1.025 but I don't know how accurate his is or when it was last calibrated.
I think I am going to take a water sample and my hydrometer to Rob's and let him check it for me if I can get there before he closes.
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I had a second test done and my IO Hydrometer reading was .015 higher than the refractometer. He has a refractometer that the guy called a "lab grade" that comes with calibration fluid that I thought was a Sabo brand for 100 dollars. Is that too much?
There is another one they can order, brand unknown, that is around 50 dollars.
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Chance Favors The Prepared Mind.
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS" - Spanky
"One word: CLAMS" - tdwyatt
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02-09-2008, 07:40 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hillbillyville Alabama, hoping to go back to Flawreeduh soon
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Originally Posted by dobejazz
Arrrgh this fish better do OK he is hiding right now
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He is smart. He is hiding so your hubby can't make you take it back.
Can he drive though? 
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Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind.
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS" - Spanky
"One word: CLAMS" - tdwyatt
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who know Base 2 and those who don't.
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02-09-2008, 07:41 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I can see my breath
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painting is done for the night
Dinner is served
still on my to-do list tonight
dishes
walk the dog
go check on my sister's Diabetic cat
last i checked it's snowing again, so shoveling my be in my near future as well
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
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02-09-2008, 07:41 PM
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Actinopteryguy
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: KK city, Malaysia
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I just order on for 40 on foster and smith for my lab
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02-09-2008, 07:42 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I can see my breath
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OneDummHikk
I had a second test done and my IO Hydrometer reading was .015 higher than the refractometer. He has a refractometer that the guy called a "lab grade" that comes with calibration fluid that I thought was a Sabo brand for 100 dollars. Is that too much?
There is another one they can order, brand unknown, that is around 50 dollars.
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I just got one off Ebay for $20 shipped
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
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02-09-2008, 07:43 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I can see my breath
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and the closest hydrometer I've seen so far was .003 off
worst was .020
and they were the same brand
I think you can calibrate them by spinning the plastic disk on the swing arm
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
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02-09-2008, 07:44 PM
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Mommy Mod
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: down the street and around the corner from Dimples
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Originally Posted by know-it-all
I just got one off Ebay for $20 shipped
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ditto that is where I got mine too.
Sorry about having to shovel and check on the cat KIA
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02-09-2008, 07:44 PM
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Tokay Gecko Tamer !
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jacksonville Fl
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Originally Posted by know-it-all
I just got one off Ebay for $20 shipped
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Do post the name of it and i would not mind truing to buy one at that price !
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02-09-2008, 07:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hillbillyville Alabama, hoping to go back to Flawreeduh soon
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fish.freak and KIA, what brands are they? The guy in the store told me the Sabo (not sure if that is right or not, I didn't write it down and my memory, what was I saying?) was a "lab quality" and expensive. They have had it for a while now. I think I will go back tomorrow and talk to the owner about them. I know this much, I want one if Hydrometers are worth what I think they are (The 12-gauge idea is starting to sound good about now).
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Chance Favors The Prepared Mind.
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS" - Spanky
"One word: CLAMS" - tdwyatt
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who know Base 2 and those who don't.
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02-09-2008, 07:46 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hillbillyville Alabama, hoping to go back to Flawreeduh soon
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Now, it makes me want to call Rob and find out for sure what brand it was I looked at. I can't find a "Sabo" brand on Google.
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Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind.
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS" - Spanky
"One word: CLAMS" - tdwyatt
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who know Base 2 and those who don't.
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02-09-2008, 07:46 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I can see my breath
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Originally Posted by Caball362
Do post the name of it and i would not mind truing to buy one at that price !
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just do a search for salinity refractometer
it's coming out of a lab surplus store in CA
they have an action ending every 6 hours it seams
so don't get into a bidding war
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
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02-09-2008, 07:47 PM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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I got the 50.00 refractometer from marine depot
and yes Hydrometers are worth what you think they are
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02-09-2008, 07:47 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I can see my breath
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OneDummHikk
fish.freak and KIA, what brands are they? The guy in the store told me the Sabo (not sure if that is right or not, I didn't write it down and my memory, what was I saying?) was a "lab quality" and expensive. They have had it for a while now. I think I will go back tomorrow and talk to the owner about them. I know this much, I want one if Hydrometers are worth what I think they are (The 12-gauge idea is starting to sound good about now).
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Originally Posted by OneDummHikk
Now, it makes me want to call Rob and find out for sure what brand it was I looked at. I can't find a "Sabo" brand on Google.
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there are different models
the lab grades cost more
but for the hobbyist, the most you'll be off is around .0005
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
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02-09-2008, 07:48 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I can see my breath
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Originally Posted by YLChik
ditto that is where I got mine too.
Sorry about having to shovel and check on the cat KIA
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it gets me out of the house
so my honey-do list can't get bigger 
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LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit,
local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing
four-and-a-half-minute journey across the desolate, frozen parking lot
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