 Re: High Salt
Well, in your first post you say all fish are o.k., now you say you lost them all? If they died since your first post, it was probably a result of the high salt although it must have jumped quickly. Since you plan on corals down the line, I would raise the SG to .025 now. Remember, a lot of lfs keep their fish tanks at .019 or .021 so when you buy anything (fish, inverts etc.) you must acclimate them slowly and over a longer period of time. I would suggest adding 10 ml. at a time every 15 min. for 1 1/2 hours. As the (floating) bag gets more full (after first 45 min.) pour out or siphon out 1/3 of the bag water. This will insure that at the end of the acclimation the entire bag will be your tank water or close to all your tank water. I personally use that method and never have a problem. Also, I would suggest trying to acclimate crabs and snails first to see how they respond. Snails are a good test as they, like crabs, are sensitive to the salinity. |