Noobie mistake....

[TypicalWhiteAZN]

For about 2 years, I tried to do clownfish breeding but due to career circumstances I had to quit prematurely.. During that time, I got into the habit of hypo-salinity to ward off disease on my breeding pairs.... after almost two years of leveling it at 1.019 it became a standard for me...

So when I got back into having a mix reef system about 10 months ago and I kept it at that level... for awhile my soft corals were doing fine (approx 5-6 months)... However, gradually my zoas stopped opening and my xenias started thinning... I couldn't figure it out!!... thanks to Gumbii, I figured my mistake and adjusted the salinity... managed to salvage some of my zoas, but lost many others (blue hornets, sunny Ds, mohawks, coco pinks, organism paly, lunar eclipse)...

Thought I humbly confess...

any other similar stories?..

 

[danagui]

I recently stopped paying attention to my tank and salinity was at 1.030 lol...i got lucky and caught it

 

[furfeet26]

I recently stopped paying attention to my tank and salinity was at 1.030 lol...i got lucky and caught it

My salinity was higher that that once. 1.034 lol...

I didnt know what topping off was...

 

[furfeet26]

Everything pretty much died...

 

[dorkymk3]

I never test for Mag. Til yesterday and found out it was low 1050, no wonder lots of my softies didnt looked too good.

 

[wickedfish]

Added iodine like it was alkalinity once probably a shot glass full. Dark brown corals on the smooth skinned Sps for a good 3 months.


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[danagui]

I never test for Mag. Til yesterday and found out it was low 1050, no wonder lots of my softies didnt looked too good.

I dont ever test anything...come to think of it....i dont remember my last water change...

 

[toomuch420]

lol im gonna go test aqua

 

[freakyflyr11]

good of you to confess..now say 3 hail marrys and your good to go.

 

[danagui]

good of you to confess..now say 3 hail marrys and your good to go.

Atheist lol

 

[gumbii]

my tank was always happy at 1.030...

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Lol I used to mixed my salt in the sump ooppppsss!

 

[Pancho]

im afraid to my own mix....
I've been buying premix all this time. i have mixed my own but hesitated to put it in the tank, don't ask why. salinity was gd but.... whatever

 

[wickedfish]

im afraid to my own mix....
I've been buying premix all this time. i have mixed my own but hesitated to put it in the tank, don't ask why. salinity was gd but.... whatever

Other things that you should test when saltwater is mixed, to not upset your "balance" is; 1) ph with a probe, 2) temp with a probe, 3) alkalinity.

This is more for Sps tanks but a good practice nonetheless.


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[TypicalWhiteAZN]

i think my aging hydrometer isn't as accurate anymore... anyone got suggestion for accurate hydrometer?....

those plastic ones? or the floating glass sticks?.... I heard the glass sticks are way more accurate....

I'm sketch about some of those refractometers.... I just worry about anything that is made by the chinese that are precision dependent...