HYDROMETER

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Fishworld</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B><B> </B></FONT><B>|    </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishworld"><U><B>H</B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishworld"><U><B>ome</B></U></A><B>    </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Setting up Marine"><U><B>Back to setting up marine</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>HYDROMETER</I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Here I will show you the differences between the 2 types of hydrometers you will most likely be looking at:-</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="368" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 240 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="5c9f0f00.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="240" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> This is a typical floating hydrometer, you float it in your bucket of mixed salt water or aquarium and allow it to settle, you can then read your salinity from the strip that runs up the centre of the glass.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="368" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 285 WIDTH="356"><div> <IMG SRC="5c8d20e0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="270" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> This is what is called a swing hydrometer, you would fill up the container with your salt water and take your reading from where the swinging needle has settled.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>