small water change, mushroom shrunk?

[OceanLyons]

Hello,

I just added some salt water to my tank, and my little purple mushroom shrunk up. Will he go back to normal and what's the best way to add top-off water to a tank?

 

[ek9vboi]

It seems to be normal to me. Don't worry they will return to normal size.

IMO best way to add top off water is to drip kalkwasser. When you add just regular freshwater as a top off, it can lower your calc., alk., and pH levels. By using kalkwasser it can or will even stablize it.

 

[raider77]

They will come back out . I add my top off straight from the bucket with a small pump and hose . It's easier than lifting the bucket up over the tank . Or you could buy the auto top off systems they sell . When I do a waterchange I pump it into my tank also with the pump and hose . Hope this helps you some .

 

[OceanLyons]

Thanks!

 

[Psychographic]

Did I read this right, you topped off with SW? Did you use SW in order to raise the salt level of your water? If not you should be topping off with FW, salt does not evaporate.

 

[GobyJohnKenobi]

Mine do the same thing with every water change.

The next day they are back to normal. Like nothing ever happened.

No worries.