Salinity Level to low

[Siaokia]

I jus did a 20% water change and added salt to increase the salinity level..but the problem is dat that i haf ran out of salt and the salinity level is at 1.018..is dis ok?..everything seems to be fine except for my mushrooms which has pink intestinal like stuff coming out of the hole in its middle..what shld i do?

[andysho]

1.018~~ this is not ok~~ the idea is 1.023 +/-

Suggest you go and get another packet of salt to increase

the salinity level~~ ASAP, before more corals will be on its way

to

maybe care to list down your water parameter and spec

pink intestinal?

[alanseah]

no no no..

way tooooo low.. must increase fast else all your coral will die...

if u r fish only still ok but not for tank that have coral..

[aStRoBo|]

er.. not neccessary wad happened to ur mushroom is due to salinity. Reefer with correct salinity will also encounter some of died off corals. Maybe due to water parameters, light used,feeding etc.. Recommended salinity is 1.021-1.024. So, can juz go get another packet of salt, to ease the problem, usually cost less than $10 for a smaller packet of salt.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

[alanseah]

i dont think it's other water paramter problem..

it's confirm salinity problem as his corals is doing fine be4 water change right..??

mine also encounter this problem.. last week i did a water water and i over add my salt and end up salinity is 1.026-7

and 2 of my corals start getting upset about it.. and i have to slowly add more water to reduce the salinity to 1.024 and they r now coloring up and happily

[Siaokia]

haha..heng i dun haf much corals in my tank yet..jus started abt slightly more than a month ago, i dun haf a test kit yet..jus got my pay yesterday, tot of gettin them later today...anyway...my mushrooms seems to be opening up again but looks might be deceiving..i got to go take my lunch first..brb..i`ll add in pics later..

[Siaokia]

this pic was when the pink thingies were out..They`re looking much much beter now..the pink thuingies haf gone back inside their bodies...

[typrobin]

a bit off topic

but juz wanna ask if the mushroom will recover after the "intestinal effect"? coz mine happened the same fate and i juz chipped the few pieces away....

[alanseah]

well when they show this sign.. which mean they are under stress... if taken well they will recover back..

stress can be alot of type.. like water paramter, water current.. etcs

[Siaokia]

they seemed to be fine now...no more intestines sticking out..but they`re not opening up too big...will get more sea salt later..my other corals and fishes seems to be fine....

[xiggie]

u mix your salt in your main tank????????????

[Clownfish]

it is due to stress.... caused by a drastic decrease in salinity

suggest u buy salt to raise it slowly up to ur normal salinity....

[kschew1498]

hmm....was wondering what is the effect for too salty! besides corals being stress??? Read somewhere in SRC but forgot already....sigh!

same thing again....I hear say that lower salt level is good for corals....