my salinity level has went down from a 1.018 to a 1.016 because i just added some more purified water to my tank,can some1 please tell me wut can i do and if its good or not good at the level i got it in,becuz i remember i went to my LFS and the owner told me that many people will say itz too low but he says its a good water level cuz he says he has his SW fish tank at that level and that parasites cant live in that water level but fish can.
Salinity Level just went low..!!!!!
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well you want to do a water change to lower nitrates so affecting that is a good thing. Since this is in the nano section I am assuming you have a small tank right? If it's economically feasible, I would us RO water from foodlion or something like that. You would typically do a 20-25% water change in a nano once a week. If you have live rock then that should suffice.
it is reverse osmosis and is filtered through a membrane that is so tight that it makes the water completely pure. One of foodlions gallon size drinking waters in put through ro and ozonization and uv sterilization which kills all the parasites which occur in water. Just make sure you have the salinity right so the ph can adjust itself or use some ph buffer. If you add live rock, make sure it's cured or you will have to cure it and you don't do that in a tank with living stuff. If you add liverock that is cured in a day or two your tank will have cycled and processed the ammonia from the damsels. Just be careful you don't squish the little damsels. If you decide to get lr, you will need a pound per gallon in order to have an effecient biological filter. Oh and by the way - YOUR NOT BUGGIN- haha
oh and just so you know, and if I am wrong about this a more experienced saltie can correct me - but parasites occur naturally on fish regardless. The difference is in healthy fish, the parasites never get to a level that affects them. That's why you see cleaner shrimp and wrasses and stuff graze parasites off of fish and it is called a symbionic relationship (mutually beneficial). So the moral of this story is - you are more likely to make your fish sick with low salinity than keep them well by trying to prevent parasites.
That stuff about parasites always being present is not really correct. The reason parasites can reach fatal proportions in fish tanks is because you're playing with 10 or 100 gallons, not 1,000,000,000 or whatever the oceans volume is. The ich spores releases approx 200 new 'bugs' each, in a smll tank they are way more likely to find a target.
but 1.018 or 1.016 isn't low enough to inhibit ich.
I also hate cycling with damsels. Unnecessary cruelty. If your lfs told you that, I wouldn't trust thme too much
but 1.018 or 1.016 isn't low enough to inhibit ich.
I also hate cycling with damsels. Unnecessary cruelty. If your lfs told you that, I wouldn't trust thme too much