Ca/Alk/Mag Mess . . . How to fix?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Although I agree with most of everything said, I find that my salt does not mix to the proper Sg in an hour or so
I find it takes overnight for the Sg to stabilize, but that could be just me

Ya, gonna have to go with "it's just you". I mix mine up an hour ahead of time and it's fine. Once the salt is dissolved to the point that the water is clear, it isn't going to get more dissolved. I do have a large pump mixing it, but I do 50g at a time. In emergencies, I've mixed 5g buckets of new water in 10 minutes. While there's nothing at all wrong waiting 24 hours, it just isn't necessary.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Ya, gonna have to go with "it's just you

Probably has something to do with a maxijet 600 in a 20g
I'd love to get NSW ready in an hour or 2, but I've found refractometer readings change as the day/night goes on, so I just wait 'till the next day

Back to Shelley's original question, shall we ???

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Back to Shelley's original question, shall we ???

I'm enjoying the banter. Don't stop on my account.

Seachem Reef Status Carbonate test shows that total alkalinity is 3.2 meq/L (9 dKh).

This test confuses me. I assume that total alkalinity is what the API test tests for. But, there is a second part to this Seachem test: which tests for borate alkalinity. Subtract the borate alkalinity from the total alkalinity to get the carbonate alkalinity.

But, since the API test is so simple a trained monkey could do it, I assume it is total Alk.