Mix saltwater outside of the tank and do a water change, as big as you can manage.
Could you take out some of the tank water make sure it’s fully mixed and salinity is food in a separate container to put the corals in until you can fix the issues in the main tank?
If you could what I’d do is put a power head in the container with a heater if needed and then use another power head to stir up the water in the main tank and blast any surfaces to get any salt deposits to dissolve properly.
Edit: also make sure that there’s no salt precipitate on the corals themselves.
If you could what I’d do is put a power head in the container with a heater if needed and then use another power head to stir up the water in the main tank and blast any surfaces to get any salt deposits to dissolve properly.
Edit: also make sure that there’s no salt precipitate on the corals themselves.
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Thank you! Some tough decisions had to be made. I threw out the dead corals to try and avoid an amonia spike. I moved other to corals to a serparate system. Heavy losses so far. Will continue to mix water and do a water change first thing tomorrow
Why? How did that happen?
^ I was thinking this too
Were you trying to raise salinity in your tank? How much salt did you pour in?
I'm assuming that the salt particles have made contact with your corals burning their flesh
If this is the case I don't think a water change would help as the damage is already done and the salt most likely already dissolved into your system.
An iodine dip may help with damaged flesh
Thanks guys. I tried an iodine dip but unfortunately the corals were goners. I was going to mix some water with the salt raise salinity after a water change but didn’t think and started pouring it right in. This one hurt. Og bounce and jawbreaker might not make it either.
MERKEY
Cronies
Dang man og and a jawbreaker....thats an expensive oops....so sorry!
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