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sefrayser
02/11/2011, 07:59 PM
MG 1230
Calcium 430
KH 7.6 2.74
No3 2

All the test were done with a Salifert test. I think if anything my MG is still a little low. Should I dose? I have MagnesonP by Brightwell. I made a sol~n of 2 cups and I have been putting 15 ml at a time. How long is the Sol~n good for?

bertoni
02/11/2011, 08:07 PM
The canonical ocean average magnesium is about 1280 ppm. I probably would leave the magnesium level alone or dose it up a small amount. The magnesium supplement will last forever.

The other numbers are fine, IMO, although I would avoid letting the dKH drop below 7 at the daily low.

Neptune_Fan
02/11/2011, 08:09 PM
looks pretty good...i would bring kh up just a little to about 8.ish and continue to work on the NO3...what ya get for PO4?

sefrayser
02/11/2011, 08:20 PM
I didnt check the Po4. I am running a GFO reactor and have fresh GFO in it. I check about once every couple weeks. How do I get the KH up?

Neptune_Fan
02/11/2011, 08:45 PM
depends on source water levels....if source is already higher then just do WC..if source is lower or equal then dose ALK buffer.

sefrayser
02/11/2011, 08:55 PM
I am using RO/DI from my Spectrapure ospdi 90 gpd, and DD H2Ocean for salt mix. I have not checked the KH of a newly mixed batch. I mix it to 1.025 and I did check the MG and it was 1350. Thats about all I checked with the DDh2O.