salinity spiked to 1.029 from 1.024

[Nano]

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]

For reference

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

[Nano]

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

[daniella3d]

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.

Originally Posted by Aquattro

For reference

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

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by nanomano

P.s. guys NO HIJACKING!

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