Salinity for clownfish

eamike261 · 07/22/2010, 10:38 PM

Just curious, how high would the salinity have to be for a clown fish to start looking a little sickly and unhappy? Would .026 to .028 have a noticeable affect on it? And how high would kill it?

James404 · 07/22/2010, 10:39 PM

1.026 is perfectly fine, its the same salinity as natural seawater, the thing that would cause trouble is raising salinity too fast.

ooja3k · 07/22/2010, 10:40 PM

That would not have a noticeable effect.

If your clown is looking sickly then it is probably something else. Fish actually like higher salinity. Corals prefer lower...

eamike261 · 07/22/2010, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by James404

1.026 is perfectly fine, its the same salinity as natural seawater, the thing that would cause trouble is raising salinity too fast.

Oh okay, I think that it may have just been too fast then, because he looked fine as soon as I topped it off.

Quote:

That would not have a noticeable effect.

If your clown is looking sickly then it is probably something else. Fish actually like higher salinity. Corals prefer lower...

I thought it was the other way around, fish like .023-.024 and corals like .025-.026? But I'm probably wrong haha.

Toddrtrex · 07/22/2010, 11:08 PM

Coral don't prefer lower salinity. Fish, corals and inverts should be kept at 1.026.

ooja3k · 07/22/2010, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddrtrex

Coral don't prefer lower salinity. Fish, corals and inverts should be kept at 1.026.

Yeah my bad. I had it backward. Fish lower, corals higher...

07/22/2010, 10:38 PM	#1
eamike261 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Buffalo Posts: 315	Salinity for clownfish Just curious, how high would the salinity have to be for a clown fish to start looking a little sickly and unhappy? Would .026 to .028 have a noticeable affect on it? And how high would kill it?

07/22/2010, 10:39 PM	#2
James404 I <3 Acros Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,523	1.026 is perfectly fine, its the same salinity as natural seawater, the thing that would cause trouble is raising salinity too fast. __________________ 80g Deep Blue Rimless - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2651295 225g Reef Savvy SPS Dominant - Retired http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1945361

07/22/2010, 10:40 PM	#3
ooja3k The Reef Producer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Costa Mesa Posts: 1,192	That would not have a noticeable effect. If your clown is looking sickly then it is probably something else. Fish actually like higher salinity. Corals prefer lower... __________________ -Ryan PBITAWA

07/22/2010, 11:08 PM	#5
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	Coral don't prefer lower salinity. Fish, corals and inverts should be kept at 1.026. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

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