my sw journey

banditpowdercoat · #1 08-25-2009, 01:41 PM

I know the dead sea is about 35% salt

chefjamesscott · #2 08-25-2009, 03:52 PM

thanks for the response the guy told me he was running it at 1.03 I usually have my sw at 1.022. So then my suspicions would be right that basically pickling of the fish what happens at 1.03. My one tank I ran in my basement was made to the specs on the bag and it came in at 1.5 lbs to a 5 g bucket and came in at the above.

I will make sure that I don't put the salinity back up that high but I am finding as I look about that to change the salinity level drastically will harm the fish.

http://www.reefcorner.com/Manual/salinity.htm

Pescador · #3 08-25-2009, 04:00 PM

Your unknown fish is a mandarin goby that looks pretty skinny, they need live copepods found in an established tank.
Some people have had luck with other foods, try a search on here.
Normal salinity should be around 1.025.
Are you running a skimmer?

BlueAbyss · #4 08-25-2009, 06:04 PM

Make changes in water chemistry slowly, over a number of days. +1 on 1.025 SG. Though I run mine at 1.026.

chefjamesscott · #5 08-25-2009, 07:51 PM

the tank set up is aqua hob 110 with 3 chem pure bags and live rock, a cascade 3 basket canister with bioballs and chem pure bag in each tray, the skimmer I don't know the name but there is a skimmer on the tank, but I have it shut off for the next few days as I treated the tank with marine melafix for one day.

I thought that 1.03 was high for a sw set up but have never done a coral tank so I thought the dude was doing it the way it was suppose to be. When looking at salinity would the .03 mean 30 parts per million.

After doing some study I put the salinity up to 1.029 this morning to make the change more gradual, rather than the lower salinity I had it at.

Now ? is this the nitrite and nitrate readings are just above the 0 mark but the ammon is up to what I consider to high, I have been treating with seachem prime and doing 10-20% wc over the past three days. Should I just leave the tank alone or will the high ammon cause a crash or not.

Pescador · #6 08-25-2009, 10:24 PM

I was asking about a skimmer to see if you had anything to help keep up your O2 level.
O2 levels are lower at higher salinity and with medication, no skimmer or overflow maybe you could aim a powerhead to agitate the surface to help with diffusive gas exchange.
Ammonia levels sound like the tank might be cycling from the move?

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