Seano Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi Fellow Reefers Over the past month I have been monitoring my magnesium as have moved from a FOWLR set up to some beginner corals. I cannot get it to get above and stay at 1300, it is always between 1200-1300. I have been dosing repeatedly, there has been several water changes in this time frame but still it won't budge. Additionally my Calcium is very high, >500 and has not dropped lower than that. dKH seems ok at 8-10. My tank is a IM 10g. What is the problem? What issues could this cause my lps? Is there a way of fixing because 25% water changes weekly have not done anything. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member markietan Posted February 20, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 20, 2017 1200-1300 seems to be ok figure (at least for me). What kind of beginner coral are u keeping? also what kind of magnesium salt are you dosing and what salt are u using for water change? cheers Quote :DECOMMED 5ft shallow tank: :DECOMMED 3ft tank::DECOMMED 2ft nano tank: :4ft Balcony Tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member reefbuilder Posted February 20, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 20, 2017 Ya looks OK. Did you measure the magnesium of you fresh sw? Some reef salt have low magnesium.Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Thanks for your replies. I'm using the Aqua Forest Mg Plus solution and I use the Red Sea coral pro salt. The corals I have now are: torch coral, BBEB Zoa's, micromussa, goniopora. All corals happy, healthy and full extended. The Goniopora even had a little 'baby'. I guess I'm just bothered that i can't get it above 1300. Thanks for your help.Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Ok so maybe not beginner corals.Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member leong_rei Posted February 20, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 20, 2017 Did u dose coralline Alage thing ??? Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 I dosed Vibrant ?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member leong_rei Posted February 20, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 20, 2017 I got the same problem when I dose coralline Alage solutions the purple Alage start grow but my mg go down dam fast i every day dose mg also can't get back the mg after I found the problem I Stop dose then mg go backSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hmm interesting, thanks I'll keep that in mind Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilo Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hi Fellow ReefersOver the past month I have been monitoring my magnesium as have moved from a FOWLR set up to some beginner corals. I cannot get it to get above and stay at 1300, it is always between 1200-1300. I have been dosing repeatedly, there has been several water changes in this time frame but still it won't budge. Additionally my Calcium is very high, >500 and has not dropped lower than that. dKH seems ok at 8-10. My tank is a IM 10g.What is the problem? What issues could this cause my lps? Is there a way of fixing because 25% water changes weekly have not done anything.Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Mg of 1250-1350 is ok. I think your range is ok. You Ca is high because of your salt, red sea pro. I used in when i started and found Ca too high . Then i change to aqua craft and now the normal red sea salt. I does 20ml Ca from FM daily to maintain 400ppmJust my 2centsSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Awesome thanks for the information. Very useful.Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 So I found the problem. Once I started dosing with Kent Marine Magnesium my Mg started to climb. I've nearly finished the bottle of aquaforest and it barley made any impact at all. It's likely as well that the Magnesium isn't very high in the salt I'm using as well. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Ashtrax Posted March 4, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted March 4, 2017 6 hours ago, Seano said: So I found the problem. Once I started dosing with Kent Marine Magnesium my Mg started to climb. I've nearly finished the bottle of aquaforest and it barley made any impact at all. It's likely as well that the Magnesium isn't very high in the salt I'm using as well. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app What the price for both bottles meaning to say MG plus not effective at all? Now it had climb to what range 1200 to 1300 that range is pretty ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 To be honest my Magnesium was never terrible when you look at acceptable range, though it did drop below acceptable range from time to time. My calcium is quite high so i'd rather have the Mg on the higher end of the scale. The aquaforest was not able to do that. Aquaforest is $15 a bottle vs Kent's Mg at $25 a bottle. However there is more than double the volume in the Kent bottle. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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