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Unread 10/15/2012, 12:37 PM   #401
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excellent thread thanks everyone


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Unread 12/11/2012, 09:02 PM   #402
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Unread 02/22/2013, 01:31 AM   #403
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Lots of good info


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Unread 03/11/2013, 08:30 PM   #404
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So I haven't gotten a chance to work all the way through this thread but maybe you guys can tell me why I'm having such a hard time raising my Mag levels? Using Brightwell Magnesion. Dosed almost 200ml over 3 days and levels remain at 1200. I just can't seem to get them to rise. dkH @ 9.8 and Ca at 400 afraid to try and raise the Ca until I get Mg up. Any ideas? Do additives go bad?


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Unread 03/12/2013, 10:05 AM   #405
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So I haven't gotten a chance to work all the way through this thread but maybe you guys can tell me why I'm having such a hard time raising my Mag levels? Using Brightwell Magnesion. Dosed almost 200ml over 3 days and levels remain at 1200. I just can't seem to get them to rise. dkH @ 9.8 and Ca at 400 afraid to try and raise the Ca until I get Mg up. Any ideas? Do additives go bad?
It takes a lot of Mag to budge the levels. Important info is tank size
But dkh 9.8 and ca 400 isn't bad


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Unread 04/05/2013, 08:05 AM   #406
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Wait a minute... One thing is still unclear to me.
My alk usually swings between 6 and 9 dKH between waterchanges.
Do I have to keep it stable at, say 9 dKH to keep my SPS happy or is this ok?

Same goes for my Ca and Mg, they swing between WCs but never reach "bad" levels.


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Unread 04/05/2013, 08:56 AM   #407
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Yes, you should prevent any drastic swings. Even if it;s still in the "good range"


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Unread 04/05/2013, 10:50 AM   #408
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as i heard you need your parameters to be the boring roller coaster not the fun one. Ocean and better coral sellers keep their swings to .5 this creates a very stable environment and the corals can propagate naturally. when the swings are large (fun roller coaster)then the corals stop propagating and start expanding energy to adapt which will lead to slow growth, STN, RTN, even death.


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Unread 04/05/2013, 02:43 PM   #409
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Great answers!
Thanks for enlightening me.
Will get some buffers tomorrow.


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Unread 04/06/2013, 10:51 AM   #410
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Unread 05/05/2013, 06:54 PM   #411
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For months my mag would magically stay the same, then I would not test for a while and it would drop a bit. But sometimes it seemed to even increase.


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Unread 05/07/2013, 02:56 PM   #412
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hey guys, when you dose, do you dose the equal doses at the same time. I heard that sometimes you might separate dose from during the day(Ca) and at night(alk) to compensate ph levels at night. Does that sound right?
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Unread 05/08/2013, 03:42 AM   #413
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You can do that if you want. Or you can wait 10-20 minutes before adding the next dose.


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Unread 05/10/2013, 08:55 PM   #414
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Wait a minute... One thing is still unclear to me.
My alk usually swings between 6 and 9 dKH between waterchanges.
Do I have to keep it stable at, say 9 dKH to keep my SPS happy or is this ok?

Same goes for my Ca and Mg, they swing between WCs but never reach "bad" levels.
The best way to keep consistent parameters without big swings is smaller but more frequent water changes with a quality salt mix.
Keep in mind that sea water levels of Cal are 390 and alkalinity is 7.6.

Using two part systems for more demands and a calcium reactor for greater demands cause less skewing of parameters then trying to only dose one of them


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Unread 05/14/2013, 12:38 AM   #415
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a lot of great info here that is easy to understand. really good thread


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Unread 05/29/2013, 06:21 AM   #416
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Imho everybody should look at the corals. I feel mine grow better with an Ca of 410 rather then 450. With my mag at about 1250. And my KH of 7.5.

When i get my levels at 450-1350-9 my corals won't grow. While dropping it a little bit lower they are fine again.


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The first thing that i was told was to do 1 gallon water changes everyday and I would never have to dose. So far so good...


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Unread 06/03/2013, 12:58 AM   #418
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Unread 06/29/2013, 10:46 PM   #419
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Great thread, consistant water parameters took me about about a month nail down. Things are growing well and the color of the corals are good. Also seing good polyp extension from my sps. The info in this thread has been a big help!


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Unread 07/18/2013, 03:20 PM   #420
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I always dosed alk at night and cal during the day. With my reactor now I don't have to worry abut it


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Unread 08/10/2013, 10:18 AM   #421
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i totally forgot to test my mg for a few months. Now its 1200.. i wonder how many ppm can i raise a day? i want to get it back to 1300.. im now planning to add 10ppm worth daily.


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Unread 08/14/2013, 12:50 AM   #422
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I've hit a weird place with my tank. I just can't get it to stabilize anymore years of it solid parameters and now I'm just running around chasing my tail. My alk starts showing a pattern of dropping so I raise it up. It spikes briefly then goes back to dropping. Over the past 3-4 months I've gone from 130ml a day to 296ml a day. I just can't figure it out. I've got a thread on the Chem forum but we are sort of spinning our wheels on there two. The tank looks fine atm. Things are OK but the level of effort I've had to put into my tank is insane at this point. This week a lone my tank when from 9.7 dkh to 7.7dkh to 11.4 dkh.

Anyways here is the other thread. if anybody has any thoughts or suggestions I am ALL ears.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2320731


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Unread 08/25/2013, 08:25 AM   #423
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The first thing that i was told was to do 1 gallon water changes everyday and I would never have to dose. So far so good...
I agree but keep in mind that as your corals etc grow they will make increasing demands on the system. At that point you might have to consider supplements and down the line maybe a calcium reactor.


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i totally forgot to test my mg for a few months. Now its 1200.. i wonder how many ppm can i raise a day? i want to get it back to 1300.. im now planning to add 10ppm worth daily.
check the dosing calculator in the reef chemistry forum as it depends on the volume of the total system and the product you are using.


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I always dosed alk at night and cal during the day. With my reactor now I don't have to worry abut it
Curious how you are doing that with a reactor??


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