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Posted: March 22 2015 at 9:37am |
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As I was setting up the mature tank I noticed its current salt was at 1.019. After set up the new water brought it up to 1.021, I didn't want to go to far too fast.
How fast should I go from 21 to 24, most of the coral were in the process of dying before I bought it.
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Posted: March 22 2015 at 10:32am |
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Over a week or so
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Posted: March 22 2015 at 11:03am |
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Coral can withstand a faster change but fish can only safely withstand an increase of 0.002 per week. More than that can damage their swim bladder due to an osmotic imbalance.
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Posted: March 22 2015 at 3:10pm |
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Posted: March 22 2015 at 5:18pm |
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Going by the .002 per week, today I went up.002, next sunday up .002, then a week later .001 and we're golden.
Something was/is killing off the coral, and the 2 things I see that are not usual are low salt and no heater, but I've heard no heater can be ok, that and tons of hair algae.
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Posted: March 22 2015 at 5:19pm |
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Does anyone know how much salt it takes to raise the level .002 in 90g of water?
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Posted: March 22 2015 at 6:36pm |
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Posted: March 26 2015 at 2:31pm |
I would do it throuh water changes. Never add salt directly to your main tank, as it tends to do more harm than good. I had a similiar issue when I rescued my tank. I would mix the water a little strong and bit by bit brought up to what I like. Now the tank is doing great. Also had really bad hair algae, make sure to check the phosphates, for me they where out of control, I'm still dealing with that.
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Posted: March 26 2015 at 3:10pm |
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Just replace the water that evaporates with saltwater and it will slowly bring it back up.
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Posted: March 26 2015 at 3:45pm |
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Just replace the water that evaporates with saltwater and it will slowly bring it back up. |
Awesome idea
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Posted: March 27 2015 at 2:29pm |
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If necessary, mix the water more concentrated and pour in slowly in a high flow area.
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