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turbo4603 · 02-12-2007, 03:35 PM

I got a story for you all, it may help with how low is to low for specific Gravity.
two weeks ago, my garibaldi damsel got stuck in a rock and scraped himself bad, so bad he died the next day. It was time for a water change, so i whent to the lfs and bought about 16 gallons of "saltwater". Before the water change, my yellow tang was acting funny, and my scooter blenny hardly would come out. I did my water change, and all seemed to go well. Next day, i notice a big diference in my fishes behavior, they were hyper as hell. This behavior continued for a week. My scooter blenny started to wsim around some more and all. Real weird!!!
I started working on my cl system for water circulation(thats what i decided to go with) and i was aquascaping a little to place the pvc pipes. Somehow, i dunno how, some of the saltwater came into my mouth, and i didnt feel it to salty. I checked my salinity, sg, it was at 1.014!!!!!
The water they gave me wasnt saltwater, it was RO-DI!!!
So i started adding salt straight into the sump, 5 cumps at a time, 2-3 times a day, and it took me around 4-5 days to raise the salt. Since then, my fish are eating more, swiming faster, and the scooter blenny is out more.
Moral of the story,always were socks!!!! j/k
I dont think youll have a problem bringin the salt to 1.016 if you dont have corals, but if your fish looks a lot better at 1.020, keep it at 1.020
PLEASE DONT DO DRASTIC MEASURES ON PURPOSE, BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!!

02-12-2007, 03:35 PM	#21 (permalink)
turbo4603 Gigas Clam Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami,Florida Age: 21 Posts: 864 Karma: 211	I got a story for you all, it may help with how low is to low for specific Gravity. two weeks ago, my garibaldi damsel got stuck in a rock and scraped himself bad, so bad he died the next day. It was time for a water change, so i whent to the lfs and bought about 16 gallons of "saltwater". Before the water change, my yellow tang was acting funny, and my scooter blenny hardly would come out. I did my water change, and all seemed to go well. Next day, i notice a big diference in my fishes behavior, they were hyper as hell. This behavior continued for a week. My scooter blenny started to wsim around some more and all. Real weird!!! I started working on my cl system for water circulation(thats what i decided to go with) and i was aquascaping a little to place the pvc pipes. Somehow, i dunno how, some of the saltwater came into my mouth, and i didnt feel it to salty. I checked my salinity, sg, it was at 1.014!!!!! The water they gave me wasnt saltwater, it was RO-DI!!! So i started adding salt straight into the sump, 5 cumps at a time, 2-3 times a day, and it took me around 4-5 days to raise the salt. Since then, my fish are eating more, swiming faster, and the scooter blenny is out more. Moral of the story,always were socks!!!! j/k I dont think youll have a problem bringin the salt to 1.016 if you dont have corals, but if your fish looks a lot better at 1.020, keep it at 1.020 PLEASE DONT DO DRASTIC MEASURES ON PURPOSE, BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!! _________ Since 12/2002 40 gal. 85 lbs live rock. 3" fiji Live sand.wet dry filter and prizm protein skimmer. 192 power compacts Since 10/2006 125 gal. Built in Overflows x2, 3" LS(165 lb fiji pink) 175 lb of LR, 2x 36" aquatinics T5 HO fixtures(10x39W bulbs 2 gliesman aquablue+1 gliesman actinic+2 ATI aquablue special), mag 18 return pump, PM R30fuge. AquaC EV 180 skimmer. **Working on CL with 2 4mdqx-sc little giants and a OM Super Squirt.