Did accidental dumpof 10g of rodi cause long term problems?

reefer1970 · 03/27/2016, 02:52 PM

About a month ago I stupidly raised my ATO reservoir and pretty quickly got an alert from my APEX- 10 gallons of RODI siphoned into my 125g tank + 60g sump. I took some out and added a strong mix of salt and got he salinity back to 1.024.

I have had some issues lately with my SPS and some others such as 2 large colonies of Candy Cane slowly dying and 2 different large frags of Hollywood Stunner turning completely white. Could that fast change in chemistry have done more damage than I thought and could it have killed off certain zooanxthea (Pardon my spelling) starving the corals?

Vinny Kreyling · 03/27/2016, 05:38 PM

Short answer - possibly.
Salinity can be dropped rapidly without a problem.
Raising it however has to be done SLOWLY.

03/27/2016, 02:52 PM	#1
reefer1970 Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Grosse Pointe, MI Posts: 422	Did accidental dumpof 10g of rodi cause long term problems? About a month ago I stupidly raised my ATO reservoir and pretty quickly got an alert from my APEX- 10 gallons of RODI siphoned into my 125g tank + 60g sump. I took some out and added a strong mix of salt and got he salinity back to 1.024. I have had some issues lately with my SPS and some others such as 2 large colonies of Candy Cane slowly dying and 2 different large frags of Hollywood Stunner turning completely white. Could that fast change in chemistry have done more damage than I thought and could it have killed off certain zooanxthea (Pardon my spelling) starving the corals?

03/27/2016, 05:38 PM	#2
Vinny Kreyling Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Miller Place, NY Posts: 7,206	Short answer - possibly. Salinity can be dropped rapidly without a problem. Raising it however has to be done SLOWLY. __________________ 250 gallon mixed reef, 2 Reefbreeder's Photon V 2, Deepwater BLDC 12, DAS EX-3 Skimmer, MTC mini cal, 2-3/4" Sea Swirls, Aquacontroller & 6 Tunze pumps.