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Old 01-30-2014, 11:41 PM
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Gonna be picking up some soda ash and calcium
Chloride from KpG007 soon. Hope that will be better since purple up has to be shaken up real good before each use and that's not really practical for dosing. Still don't understand why adding the alk n cal didn't show a difference in yesterday's testing. Cal dropped 30pm by today. Is that normal?
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Old 01-31-2014, 01:37 AM
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What's your Mag reading ?

If it's low (below 1280 I think) you'll have issues trying to get the other 2 up
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Old 01-31-2014, 02:54 AM
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What's your Mag reading ?

If it's low (below 1280 I think) you'll have issues trying to get the other 2 up
Dunno I don't have a kit for it so I never added test or added mag since day one lol
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Dunno I don't have a kit for it so I never added test or added mag since day one lol
Sounds like it's time for you to make a trip to J&L and get a Salifert Magnesium test kit
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Sounds like it's time for you to make a trip to J&L and get a Salifert Magnesium test kit
i guess i should lol. Man one of my birdnest is now fully bleached but the birdnest next to it is perfectly fine. A couple more acros have some bleached tip and some have rtn on the tips tho... is it cuz im dosing 250ml of the alk a day? But my kh is still under 7
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A cup of alk per day sounds like a lot to me (could be mistaken). How big is your system again?
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A cup of alk per day sounds like a lot to me (could be mistaken). How big is your system again?
75. It's 250ml solution. Which is just half teaspoon of seachems reef builder alk
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What's your Mag reading ?

If it's low (below 1280 I think) you'll have issues trying to get the other 2 up
Below 1280 is considered low?
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Below 1280 is considered low?
It is when you're having issues getting your Alk and Ca up
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It is when you're having issues getting your Alk and Ca up


I keep my mg anywhere between 1170 to 1280 and I have never experienced that. I thought if it hits below 1000ppm then the imbalance starts. I remember Brads tank also have mg between 1100ppm to 1200ppm (or even lower? I cant remember the number he posted few weeks ago) and his tank definitely doesnt have any issue with ca and alk imbalance or maybe I am wrong
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