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02/06/2018, 08:47 AM | #1 |
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Hello all... I screwed up last night and got lazy... I saw my tank was running low on water and my rodi reserve was empty... I was heading out for the night and thought I would quickly add some Rodi water so I put the Rodi tube directly into the sump... I had just checked my stats all good salinity 1.025
I forgot to turn off the water before I left and it ran all night. It filled my sump, my refugium and flooded my floor... I realized it this morning but had to be at work for an important meeting... I did get to check the salinity and temp... Temp 77.1 but salinity was 1.019....i know it's not a deadly level for fish or coral in itself but what about the change overnight... Am I going to come home to dead fish and corals??? Should I leave work and try to get the salinity back up? Will that help or make things worse...? Thanks Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk |
02/06/2018, 08:52 AM | #2 |
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Can someone run by your place for you and check the salinity? If you work is okay with you running by to check on it that would be best.
Temp is okay, you just don't want to rush the swing from the low salinity back to the correct 1.025. It'll just add additional stress. Just my .02 - hopefully someone else can jump in here.
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02/06/2018, 09:04 AM | #4 |
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The drop to 1.019 is fine. Do not bring it back up quickly. Animals can handle a drop but not an increase.
Your best way to increase salinity is to top off with saltwater until you are back at 1.025. It’s okay if this takes a week or more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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02/06/2018, 09:05 AM | #5 |
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yep.. just put saltwater into your ATO container and let it rise back up slowly that way..
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02/06/2018, 09:07 AM | #6 |
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02/06/2018, 10:47 AM | #8 |
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Everything including inverts and corals will be fine at 1.019.
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02/06/2018, 11:58 AM | #9 |
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Most of the animals should tolerate a brief drop to 1.019 SG, but corals and other invertebrates will be affected more than fish. Fish can regulate their internal SG, so they have more of a buffer. I'd bring the SG back up over a few days or so. That's a bit faster than I'd usually recommend, but the animals haven't been at that SG for long, and 1.019 is very low for corals.
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02/06/2018, 03:07 PM | #11 |
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You're welcome! Good luck! I suspect that the tank will be fine.
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02/06/2018, 07:17 PM | #13 |
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I'm glad to hear that the tank is doing well.
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02/07/2018, 01:53 PM | #14 |
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There is one certainty, withstanding an automatic switch, everyone will leave their ro-di running at some point. Read your first sentence or two and groaned when I knew what happened...
Glad to hear it worked out!
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