lowering salinity

Bowtank · #1 06/25/2004, 10:02 AM

Can i lower salinity from 1.021 to 1.015 on day 1

then 1.015 to 1.011 on day 2

then on day 3, 1.011 to 1.009

cheers

kfisc · #2 06/25/2004, 10:10 AM

Yes, simply by adding fresh water, but your question is intriguing- are you aiming for brackish water? Why the need for what appears to be a fairly rapid/drastic change?

clowntank10 · #3 06/25/2004, 10:11 AM

what are you doing brackish water? if not you gone loose em fish i herd of low salinity but this is ridiculus for a SATWATER tank.

Bowtank · #4 06/25/2004, 11:48 AM

its to treat for ich, is it ok to lower the salinity

1.021 to 1.015 on day 1

then 1.015 to 1.011 on day 2

then on day 3, 1.011 to 1.009

cheers

Bowtank · #5 06/25/2004, 12:52 PM

bump

Wilafur · #6 06/25/2004, 01:19 PM

i would slowly lower to your target over the span of at least a week.

do you have corals in the tank you plan on conducting the hypo treatment? if so, they will not react well to the salinity drop.

clowntank10 · #7 06/25/2004, 01:55 PM

if you have corals. the best thing to do is to seperate the fish. if you dont have a cleaner in the tank aquire one. a cleaner shrimp or neon blue gobby. they will have a blast treating them dieseas and after they will keep it in check. if you can borrow, buy, or use a uv sterilizer i herd they are reall good at killing parasites/ controlling them. you can lower salinity but that quick is not a reall good idea.