need quick help, ATO over filled, low salinity

[james1990]

my jbj auto top off over filled whiled i ran to the LFS, i have no idea why. it's not too bad maybe a few gallons but my nano is only 10 gals with 10 gal sump so I need to make sure this is okay.

my salinity was 1.024-25 and now its 1.021-22 is this bad enough to do damage? what should I do.

 

[duke62]

You shouldnt see to much of a problem. If it went any lower then that you might have seen some things getting stressed. Raise it back up slowly as to not shock it again

 

[thirty5]

I agree. you should be fine, just raise it slow...

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

you shouldnt see to much of a problem. If it went any lower then that you might have seen some things getting stressed. Raise it back up slowly as to not shock it again

1+

 

[andylee]

+1

I agree that everything should be fine with that much change. That's happened to me before; only recognized when the tank overflowed and my son saw a bubble on the basement ceiling!

Important thing is to figure out what happened and keep it from happening again. Most likely, a float switch got stuck. Figure it out and fix it!

 

[james1990]

thanks fellas, how slowly should i bring it back up? over the course of a couple of hours, or days

 

[Koyfam16]

damn..sorry to hear..I just bought a jbj auto..haven't set it up yet but now I'm sacred to..lol
I would say over a few hours should be fine..

 

[akma]

Just let it evaporate by itself to where it was. My tunze osmo gets stuck every so often since cause the sensor gets dirty and I forget to clean it. I just shutoff the ATo for a few days and it gets back to normal.

 

[Reef Fixations]

no big deal at all.

When we do hypo, we're supposed to bring our salinity down from wherever we have it, down to 1.007-1.009 in a 24 hr period. Don't lose an ounce of sleep over it. Raising it for your inverts sake is a slightly different story but 1.021-1.022 is fine for the most part unless you're talking about more sensitive species like starfish that thrive in higher salinities. Even they will be fine for extended periods of time but in the long run you can shorten their lifespans.

Just double check your PH.