Beneficial bacteria with excess salt level

[Aung]

I have one question to ask.

My Mantis gravimeter was giving the wrong reading and I've added more than 1.040 salinity levels for some months. Luckily, I don't have any corals yet. Some test corals were dead in few days (due to high salinity levels) I think.

Now I've bought a refractometer and managed to get 1.025 Salinity and No3 is at 20 ppt.

My question is, the benefaction bacteria can be dead during this excess salinity level? Do I need to re-cycle the tank again? I was cycling it for 5 months now.

(Now I am daily dosing since 6 days ago)

AF - Bio S
AF - Pro Bio S
AF - -NP Pro )

 

[griss]

What are your ammonia and nitrite levels? You may be going through a cycle caused by die off from the salinity being so high. I actually went through the opposite recently, with low salinity.

 

[Aung]

What are your ammonia and nitrite levels? You may be going through a cycle caused by die off from the salinity being so high. I actually went through the opposite recently, with low salinity.

Ammonia not test tho, but No3 is at 20 PPT, slightly Pink.

 

[griss]

What about NO2?

 

[Aung]

What about NO2?

Not sure sir, I only have KH and NO3 Test kit.
Should I put cheapies like feather duster? It only costs Less than 2 USD here.

 

[griss]

Not sure sir, I only have KH and NO3 Test kit.
Should I put cheapies like feather duster? It only costs Less than 2 USD here.

Personally, I would get the NO2 test before adding anymore livestock.