!omg!

[adrian52492]

ok well i havent cheched my tank in a week
so last night at about 2-3am i went into the kitchen to grab somthing to dring and somthing tells me to chech my tank so i turn on my lights and its like my fish are frozen still.i tested my salinity and it was an .32 so i freaked out and added a crap load of fresh water and its like the fish woke up but now i think im going to loose my purple tang! i want to know what happned ? from last night the purple tang was leaning up next to a rock breathing fast and doing short burst swimming when i added the fresh water

 

[coralfragger101]

Adding fresh water all at once could have done more damage than good. You may have just sent everything into osmotic shock.

 

[adrian52492]

hey coral i realized that after i freaked out man but i lost the purple tang but everybody else is fine and eating like normal

 

[adrian52492]

i think i realy freaked out last night

 

[Rogger Castells]

do you mean 1,032sg or do you mean 32 ppt????

If it is 1032 sg then the salinity was high

but if it was 32 ppt then the salinity was low

most refractometers have both scales 1 on each side, it is easy to get confuse.

 

[adrian52492]

my salinity was at 1032

 

[ReefWreak]

Check to make sure that the temp is is in the normal range too, as fluctuating temperatures can change your salinity as well.

 

[Rogger Castells]

Did you figured out how did the salinity when up so much? that is kind of weird, did you measured the salinity before you added to your tank? is this your new tank?

 

[coralfragger101]

Did you mix a fresh batch of saltwater and put it in immediately? (not giving enough time for it to totally dissolve).

Do you have an ATO set up or could evaporation have contributed to the high salinity?

 

[lpsluver]

I'll ask the obvious question...do you use salt water as make up water? Just thought I'd ask.

 

[adrian52492]

no i use fresh water to top off and i havent done a water change yet so idk i guess evaporation did it

 

[coralfragger101]

If you don't have an ATO then you should be adding top off water daily....................

 

[adrian52492]

well i lost my hippo and two damsels as well im thinking that im about to quit i loved my hippo and my purple tang.

 

[titus164]

were you out of town?

 

[Voltekker]

Some of those seem to small for your tank.