Salt Level too high....I need advice

[dlee]

I neglected to check my salt level for a while in my 90g reef. I broke out my refractometer last night and it registered 1.029! I checked twice.
How should I bring it down to 1.025? Slowly over the course of a few days or ASAP?
Thanks....

 

[atrialfib22]

Slowly...Just replace some of your tank water with fresh R/O water over the period of a couple of weeks and you should be fine.
BTW...it's not entirely bad to have your tank at 1.029 depending on what you are keeping.

 

[dlee]

The only thing that I noticed (which prompted me to check my salt) is that my xenia's don't look too good...they are shrinking up.....

 

[candmreef]

Originally Posted by AtrialFib22
http:///forum/post/2728545
Slowly...Just replace some of your tank water with fresh R/O water over the period of a couple of weeks and you should be fine.
BTW...it's not entirely bad to have your tank at 1.029 depending on what you are keeping.
Very true, I used to get water from the gulf from time to time and it always comes in at 1.029 and I had to dilute it and cool it.