salinity spiked to 1.029 from 1.024

Nano · #1 11-13-2011, 01:08 AM

yeah So I have heard, its still kind of a bummer if it goes though, cause I'm new and I don't want to lose anything lol but I'm sure everyone has.

paddyob · #2 11-13-2011, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by nanomano

yeah So I have heard, its still kind of a bummer if it goes though, cause I'm new and I don't want to lose anything lol but I'm sure everyone has.

Yup.

I lost about 10 zoa colonies this past few months due to Asterina stars. It sucks.

I recommend not adding any coral until full research. Xenia can be a weed and as you add coral you want... The Xenia may over grow it.

Patience and diligence = success.

Keep your system simple... At least at first... And as your knowledge grows so will your tank.

Enjoy.

Nano · #3 11-13-2011, 01:34 AM

yea I just have zoos mushrooms and ricordea, no asternia stars luckily

daniella3d · #4 11-13-2011, 01:47 AM

asterina star? or your salinity at 1.023 and the spikes at 1.025?

zoanthids need a lot of stability in alkalinity and salinity otherwise they will melt. So you should get your parameters stable and your zoanthids will not melt any longer. Even a very small shift in alkalinity can make a colony melt. I had this problem before I got my dosing pump but since I got my dosing pump my alkalinity stay stable as a rock and no more zoanthids have melted for the last 2 months.

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Yup.

I lost about 10 zoa colonies this past few months due to Asterina stars. It sucks.

I recommend not adding any coral until full research. Xenia can be a weed and as you add coral you want... The Xenia may over grow it.

Patience and diligence = success.

Keep your system simple... At least at first... And as your knowledge grows so will your tank.

Enjoy.

Nano · #5 11-13-2011, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

asterina star? or your salinity at 1.023 and the spikes at 1.025?

zoanthids need a lot of stability in alkalinity and salinity otherwise they will melt. So you should get your parameters stable and your zoanthids will not melt any longer. Even a very small shift in alkalinity can make a colony melt. I had this problem before I got my dosing pump but since I got my dosing pump my alkalinity stay stable as a rock and no more zoanthids have melted for the last 2 months.

actually its me were talking about here not him, lol but my tank is stable now again, and I haven't lost anything, it just appears that maybe a xenia might be the only casualty, but its still tough to tell, my ricordea is growing nicely and one ore 2 zoos have begun to split, so other then my hiccup I'm pleased with my progress thus far. P.s. guys NO HIJACKING!

Aquattro · #6 11-13-2011, 04:25 AM

For reference

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//o...g_salinity.pdf

Nano · #7 11-13-2011, 05:39 AM

Thanks. I'm glad I got the problem fixed. What a head ache lol.

daniella3d · #8 11-13-2011, 01:22 PM

Nice! thanks a lot!

Nanomano, sorry about this but I thought it was important to mention. As for you, I think you should get a refractometer or at least get your hydrometer checked against a good refractometer so you will know just how much it is off and you will be able to compensate.

Lowering the salinity is not too hard on living things, as long as it is the proper salinity, it is rising it that is harsh usualy on fish and must not be done more than 0.003 point per day.

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

For reference

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//o...g_salinity.pdf

paddyob · #9 11-13-2011, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by nanomano

P.s. guys NO HIJACKING!

Sorry. I think Daniella simply midunderstood. The info was for you.

paddyob · #10 11-13-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

asterina star? or your salinity at 1.023 and the spikes at 1.025?

zoanthids need a lot of stability in alkalinity and salinity otherwise they will melt. So you should get your parameters stable and your zoanthids will not melt any longer. Even a very small shift in alkalinity can make a colony melt. I had this problem before I got my dosing pump but since I got my dosing pump my alkalinity stay stable as a rock and no more zoanthids have melted for the last 2 months.

No Daniella. My parameters are stable. As I mentioned... Asterina stars are taking over. Must have over a thousand and they are smothering / eating them.

If you read my post again, it might make sense.