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Old 11-16-2008, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by asmodeus View Post
Kevin I disagree with the low salt in the water, I know of some
pepole that have a 1.22 tank and their SPS is awesome, I keep mine at 1.023 and i have no problems keeping SPS. if your MAg is really low then that could be the problem , but if you are doing water changes every 3 weeks then you are probably getting enough Magnesium. unless you are dosing KALK at a high rate which would cause the Magnesuim to drop
Not disagreeing with low salinity tanks, Ive seen them too, but it would explain the short time before the OP's sps all died. I can almost guarantee wherever he gets his corals from, the tanks there are not kept at 1.022; most lfs keep their tanks at the same salinity most reefers target: 1.025 (give or take a bit). the rapid jump to 1.022 is enough to kill a coral imo. I also have to aske how it was measured; hydrometer? refractometer? calibrated or not for either?
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