Super low salinity from Live Aquaria

[boozeman27]

just got delivery of a Male Lyretail Anthia and the shipping water had a salinity of 1.04! This will take awhile to acclimate. Anyone ever see salinity this low before? And yes my refractor is calibrated. Smh

 

[eatbreakfast]

just got delivery of a Male Lyretail Anthia and the shipping water had a salinity of 1.04! This will take awhile to acclimate. Anyone ever see salinity this low before? And yes my refractor is calibrated. Smh

Reef water is 1.026, so do you mean 1.004? Did you calibrate to 0 or the 35ppt? I don't think the reading is accurate. LA is almost always 1.017-18.

 

[boozeman27]

Yes I meant 1.004. Really low. Yes I calibrated to both zero and 35ppt. My qt is at 1.024 and the ttm tank that he is going in is 1.024. Shipping water was at 1.004. Really low. I have been adding 1/2 cup tank water every 5 min til it reached 1.022 and then I put him in the ttm tank. He is moving pretty slow but I have faith for a full recovery.

 

[xjiang7]

that is fresh water if 1.004

 

[boozeman27]

that is fresh water if 1.004

I agree. It was under 10 ppt and I tested it 3 times. I gradually brought it up. I will add a picture in a few

 

[ludnix]

I would definitely contact LA about it.

 

[boozeman27]

 

[eatbreakfast]

that is fresh water if 1.004

I would be surprised if it survived overnight at that level.

 

[boozeman27]

As of now, it doesn't look like he will make it. Any ideas? Freshwater dip?

 

[eatbreakfast]

He just had an overnight freshwater dip.

Is it breathing heavy? If so, maybe methylene blue, but there shouldn't be any parasite issues if it was shipped at 1.004.

 

[boozeman27]

He just had an overnight freshwater dip.

Lol. Right

He is breathing heavy.

 

[JOKER]

I have not been happy with my orders lately from them. they are definitely not up to par from what they once were. low salinity plus DOA for me recently.

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Are you drip acclimating him or simply grabbing 1/2 of water and pouring that into his container?

Lower the salinity of the QT to 1.014 and then drip acclimate him to that for an hour. You can then gradually raise the salinity to what ever you wish the next day.

 

[Velcro]

He just had an overnight freshwater dip.

I LOL'd

 

[eatbreakfast]

Are you drip acclimating him or simply grabbing 1/2 of water and pouring that into his container?

Lower the salinity of the QT to 1.014 and then drip acclimate him to that for an hour. You can then gradually raise the salinity to what ever you wish the next day.

Not if it was a shipped fish(it was). As soon as the bag gets opened the ammonia begins to get toxic. An hour in ammonia levels from the bag will cause permanent damage to the gills.

 

[Deinonych]

Amazing the fish survived at such a low salinity. Agree with the above recommendation to inform LA of the problem ASAP. To the point above, they typically ship their standard stock (from Quality Marine) at 1.017-18. I received a fish from them today and the bag water was at 1.018.

I would set the QT at 1.009 (standard hyposalinity) and get the fish acclimated ASAP - no drip acclimation due to ammonia toxicity as mentioned above.

 

[Salty1962]

I won't order from them again, 3 out of my last 4 orders have been DOA. Don't waste your $$. Ever since Petco took them over it's been down hill. I hate so many good looking corals and fish are being killed. JME

 

[boozeman27]

Sad to report he did not make it. I did acclimate him by adding 1/2 cup tanks water every 5 minutes til bag was very full. Then dumped half bag and did it twice again. Raised the salinity to 1.020 in about 1 hour 45 min. Then put him in qt that was at 1.024. In hind sight I should have kept him at 1.09 or similar for much longer. His fins were fraying and half his bottom tail fin was gone. He was def not a grade A specimen when he left LA at 6pm last night and got to my house at 10am. Wasnt in transit long enough to look that ragged. LA is sending another for Saturday delivery so I will try again. Hated to see him suffer

 

[RONBATTLE]

just got delivery of a Male Lyretail Anthia and the shipping water had a salinity of 1.04! This will take awhile to acclimate. Anyone ever see salinity this low before? And yes my refractor is calibrated. Smh

OH LORD...IJUST ORDERED THE SAME FISH FROM THEM..I WILL BE SURE TO CHECK THE SALINITY..I TEND TO KEEP MINE ON THE HIGH SIDE

 

[Friday24]

Sad to report he did not make it. I did acclimate him by adding 1/2 cup tanks water every 5 minutes til bag was very full. Then dumped half bag and did it twice again. Raised the salinity to 1.020 in about 1 hour 45 min. Then put him in qt that was at 1.024. In hind sight I should have kept him at 1.09 or similar for much longer. His fins were fraying and half his bottom tail fin was gone. He was def not a grade A specimen when he left LA at 6pm last night and got to my house at 10am. Wasnt in transit long enough to look that ragged. LA is sending another for Saturday delivery so I will try again. Hated to see him suffer

Raising the salinity that fast is not good. Even with properly increasing salinity over 24-48hrs from hypo you should have a strong power head going to increase oxygen levels. Oxygen saturation is a lot lower at 1.024 than 1.004. I think the only chance he would have had is if you would had matched your TTM water to his dropped him in and gradually increased salinity over a couple days.