thanks for the response the guy told me he was running it at 1.03 I usually have my sw at 1.022. So then my suspicions would be right that basically pickling of the fish what happens at 1.03. My one tank I ran in my basement was made to the specs on the bag and it came in at 1.5 lbs to a 5 g bucket and came in at the above.
I will make sure that I don't put the salinity back up that high but I am finding as I look about that to change the salinity level drastically will harm the fish.
http://www.reefcorner.com/Manual/salinity.htm