Whats the safest way to raise salt fast? my salinity is at 1.020 and i have livestock and zoanthids.
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i lost two shrimp in the last hour so im totally freaked out. My refractometer was off by .006 I just don’t want to lose any more livestock.1.020 is not *that* low. It should be fine for the short term, especially if you don't have any super finicky fish/inverts. Be sure to slowly raise it over the course of a few water changes by using slightly saltier than 1.025 water.
Thank you, I have a 45 gallon tank.If everything still looks ok, depending on tank size. I would do 1-5 gallon water changes with the salt at say 1.030 or so to slowly raise it over a few days. But depends on tank size for how much can be changed at once
Okay thank you so much for the help, I’ll try that.There are many ways to increase it...just do it slowly. Your fish should be fine during the time it takes to slowly increase the salinity. Live aquaria, etc... keep there water around that level all the time...or at least that's what their water reads when I receive shipments from them! I would guess the zoas may be a little ticked at first but should pull through without too many issues...but then again, I'm not a zoa guy so I haven't dealt with lower salinity with zoas.
Water changes 10-20% -- you can set the new water to be around 1.026 upon entering...then do a water change every other day. You don't want to increase it too quickly...fish don't handle quick increases in salinity very well.
My other parameters are good other than alkalinity being a little low, I have 5 shrimps all together and 2 of them (which were babies) I got from the store earlier today, I drip acclimated them for 2 and a half hours. But it could’ve been because they were the new ones.Did something happen change it fast? You said you don’t have an ATO. I can’t see it killing shrimps quickly if it wasn’t a sudden change. I would slowly raise salinity and check for other issues. High ammonia maybe? What are your other parameters like?
Okay thank you for the help it means a lot!1.020 is run by quite a few people. It's not ideal, but don't panic. I'd start topping off with saltwater until you reach 1.026. There are other methods to increase salinity, but measuring and topping off is pretty reliable and easy.
What kind of shrimp are they?My other parameters are good other than alkalinity being a little low, I have 5 shrimps all together and 2 of them (which were babies) I got from the store earlier today, I drip acclimated them for 2 and a half hours. But it could’ve been because they were the new ones.
regular cleaner shrimp.What kind of shrimp are they?
Okay thank you so much for the help.My guess is acclimation didn’t go well. Especially if the other shrimp are good. I would just slowly raise your salinity over the next few days and you should be ok