Symphillia Wilsoni stressed out

[guichi1210]

Having trouble with my rainbow wilsoni. My ATO put in around 2 gallons of freshawater into a 75 gallon reef one night and I corrected salinity the next day. My parameters are reading correctly and all my acans and other corals are doing well. I also did a small 10% water change and it shrunk even more. I decided to not make any more changes and see if it recovers. Tissue recession is significant and I'm afraid I may loose it.

Alk 9.4
pH 8.3
Ca 430
Phospate 0.04
SG 1.24
Mg 1360

Any advice on what should I do.

Thanks

 

[ritter6788]

How far did the salinity get off and how did you correct it?

 

[guichi1210]

The salinity dropped to 1.021 from 1.025. I fixed it by taking the excess water out of tank into a bucket and added half a cup of salt into it and mixed it. Once diluted, I added back to the tank and waited one hour before repeating the process. Once salinity was at 1.024. I removed excess water.

 

[slapshot]

What's your temp?

 

[guichi1210]

76 degs+/- 1

 

[slapshot]

That is in the high side for those guys. I tried to keep one at those temp. and it melted away. In researching more because I love them it seems the highest temp should be 72.

 

[guichi1210]

That would make sense. I had it for two years now but I have seen a slow steady decline. A have an oversize chiller that can handle lower temps. I'll do research on my other species and find a good compromise. Thanks for your feedback.

 

[miyags]

Thats great info on temp. Because I had no idea they liked colder water. I almost bought one last year , it was around 600$ for a 5x5 rainbow. I'm glad I didn't jump it.