azrien
06/02/2006, 12:39 PM
I'm very new at this, please bear with me! My SG has dropped from 1.024 to 1.020 or even as low as 1.018 I think over the course of a few days. I noticed it yesterday and I have been slowly trying to raise it up without shocking the reef more. I tried to raise by creating a high-salinity mix and dripping it in slowly as well as pouring a less intense mix in slowly. Not too long ago today I also did a small water change, replacing the changed water with water at 1.024. I also poured in a little more super-salty water. At last test I am at 1.022. Did I raise it too fast or even too slow? My clownfish is doing fine through all this, the hermit crabs are continuing on as though nothing happened, I put in three new snails yesterday and today two are moving around (the third is stationary but holding fast to the rock). My mushrooms are expanding well though one isn't expanding quite as nicely as it usually does. My yellow polyps were the first to show any issue by way of not fully extending. Right now their tubes are quite short but the tendrils seem to be coming out further. A few look a little larger than when I noticed the issue. My green star polyps also weren't looking as bushy as usual. At the moment they're mostly contracted but slowly starting to flow out; they retracted when I was refilling the tank as they received the brunt of the incoming water.
Should I aim to have the SG back to 1.024 or even 1.025 by the end of the day or should I move slowly, working on this over a few more days? Thanks!
Should I aim to have the SG back to 1.024 or even 1.025 by the end of the day or should I move slowly, working on this over a few more days? Thanks!