Refractometer finally in

[Civicdemon]

So as most of you know a couple of my corals havent seemed right last week or so. and then i realized that i have ben slowly bringing my salinity up. i have ben using a hydrometer and i remember when i was back at around .023 my corals where fine. so last 2 months i have ben bringing my salinity up to .025 and i reached near that level last week when my corals seemed to start going in and shrinking. All my other parameters are the best they have ever ben so i knew it was not that. So now i got a refractometer and i calibrated it then took a reading of my DT. it was almost at 027, so i figured with the evap it was provably reaching 028 or 029. So when my hydrometer was at 023 it was actually 025 and that where i wanted to be. lol. So now im slowly going back down. im going to remove 1gl of water from the DT and replace it with rodi water every 3 days or so till i get it down to 025 on the refractormeter, do you guys think i can do it every day or every other day to get it down faster ?? Im reallt hoping this is the issue.

 

[Slimkasey]

When playing with your Salinity, go slow, too fast can shock a tank. If your fish are fine now, they can handle and appreciate a slow return.

 

[Civicdemon]

yeah all my fish look fine and are doing great, So what would you sugest in doing ??? how much water evry how often ???? today i did 1 gl out from the DT and 1 gl of new fresh RODI water in, i have yet to test the water but im sure that did not make a huge change in a 125 gl DT with rufly an aditional 30 gl in the sump.

 

[RockStacker]

I would stick to the 1 gallon swap per day until you get the desired salinity.
It is better to adjust slower than faster.

 

[Civicdemon]

So 1gl a day should be good or should i do it every other day ??

 

[Ted]

a gallon a day on your size system should be just fine..

 

[Civicdemon]

Cool sounds good to me. Hopefully thats whats going on with my corals
Xenia Shrinking and Birdsnest not extending as much, plus my PSP have ben in now for 3 days.

 

[Civicdemon]

YEY so my PSP finally started comming back out the last couple days. Im guessing it was the salinity. since now that i brought it down its doing better. Refractometer For the Win