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12/05/2018, 07:43 PM | #1 |
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Newbie mistake: Trying to raise my salinity a tad and I scooped a 1/4 cup of IO into my display and the salt rushed across my hammer and polyps and they immediately got ****ED OFF , closed up and started secreting mucus. Hopefully they'll be OK.
With that said, what is the best method to raise salinity in the tank without shocking the crap out of the living things in there? PK |
12/05/2018, 08:26 PM | #2 |
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I’m not an expert, but someone once told me to just do it with your water changes. You can just add extra water (more than you remove) and then as the extra water evaporates to your ATO level it will slowly increase the salinity. I did it that way but I had the water change water a little extra salty (but not much) to make it go faster.
At a minimum, I would mix the salt into water (extra high salinity) before pouring it in the tank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
12/05/2018, 08:38 PM | #3 | |
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Never add salt directly to tank...mix it first
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12/05/2018, 09:14 PM | #4 |
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Just add saltwater as your evaporative make-up (rather than freshwater).
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12/06/2018, 05:48 AM | #5 |
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Yep... Safest is to just use saltwater in your "top off water" until the salinity is where you want it..
I just add salt in the return pump section of my sump...
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12/06/2018, 08:14 AM | #6 |
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Thanks all. I don't think I did irreparable damage, as the hammer and polyps are opening up this morning. (whew!)
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12/06/2018, 10:58 AM | #7 |
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Just wondering about your 'newness'... Did you have a tank when you joined RC 18 yrs ago?
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12/06/2018, 01:35 PM | #9 |
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Depending on the size of the tank (due to amount of time needed for this), you can also take out some existing tank water, add more salt to it, and slowly add that water into the tank, in the event you just did a water change.
I do this on occasion, but add the water back VERY slowly. Like, with a turkey baster, but I have a nano. |
12/06/2018, 02:04 PM | #10 |
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The salt produces a chemical reaction when it hits the water. Depending on the salt mix, it can raise the temp significantly. This could be what happened to your coral.
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12/08/2018, 03:36 PM | #13 | |
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Obviously. I said to do it with a water change and to add extra water . Do you do your water changes with fresh water? Most people use salt water. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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12/10/2018, 11:39 AM | #14 |
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You could also have just removed a couple of gallons of water from the tank into a 5 gallon bucked, added the salt in there, mixed it up, and then once the salt is mixed put the same water back into the tank
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