I got a feather duster and a turbo snail today, I haven't put them in yet, but I have 4 nassarius snails in there already. 2 haven't moved in a week. For some reason I decided to check the salinity, first I thought it said 1.024, thjen I realized it was at 1.034. Please help me and fast, I've already got a bucket of RODI water filling up, but I'm not sure if that will fix it.
Salinity at 1.034, snails not moving
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All you can do is bring it down. Just be careful about temperature too since you mention you are making RODI now.
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Any other livestock in there? Do you have a QT area you can put the new additions into? Do you know if the salinity got that high in a short period or was it more gradual? Any other livestock in the DT?
Why don't you make 1 gallon of saltwater or whatever amount you are comfortable measuring at 1.026 or whatever you normally make and check that for basis. Not perfect but better then nothing. For what it's worth I don't recall the last time I calibrated my refractometer but every time I measure out salt it comes out what I expect it to so I have no reason to believe it's off.
chipmunkofdoom2
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Calibrate the refractometer with deionized water. Put a few drops on the slide and correct the blue line to zero. Know that this will not give you accurate numbers, but it's better than nothing. As far as correcting the salinity, slower is better. Your salinity didn't get high over night, unless you did a big water change with water with really high salinity.
A salinity standard should be your next purchase (or you should follow Randy's recipe and make your own).
A salinity standard should be your next purchase (or you should follow Randy's recipe and make your own).
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did you test the saltwater before you put it into the tank? what did it read then? I assume it would have been high as well.
are you topping off with freshwater?
it's possible. and if your snails aren't moving at all they might already be dead...
My mom had to pour in the saltwater (which I did not tell her to do until I came back) but I was away and while I was away, I did not get back until Sunday. I wasn't able to measure the salinity. I poured in ~3 4oz cups of salt before this.
I would remove a quart or so of water from the tank and replace it with freshwater. do this until the salinity is correct. every half hour or so, depending on how large your tank is.
you have fish in there too? I thought you just had snails.
