Dosing
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Step 1) Check your test kits, and salt.
What kind are you using?
How old are they? I have found that when a bottle of reagent gets low, it can throw off the concentrations, and therefore, results (API Calcium in my case).
Don't panic. Rapid changes to 'correct' levels can be more damaging than slow reduction into the safe zone.
What salt are you using? A water change can help bring some stuff back into normal parameters.
What kind are you using?
How old are they? I have found that when a bottle of reagent gets low, it can throw off the concentrations, and therefore, results (API Calcium in my case).
Don't panic. Rapid changes to 'correct' levels can be more damaging than slow reduction into the safe zone.
What salt are you using? A water change can help bring some stuff back into normal parameters.
+1 Also, I wouldn't worry about the MG, I know several reefers who run high MG 24/7, it will drop slowly/naturally over time if you let it. ALK is obviously high, CA low, as stated by @shollis2814, what salt are you using, maybe switch salts to lower concentrations, but I suspect you should definitely check your tests kits. If you're using API... don't, just my opinion. I switched to Salifert/Hanna and it made all the difference.
That calcium level doesn't jive with your alk and mag levels.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/rhf/#11
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/rhf/#11
mmw64
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What test kits are reliable and easy to use? I hate testing and not very good at the complicated ones. Calcium is one I need to test for mostly.I've Found API to be the lest reliable tests, other than guessing.
+1 salifert and Hanna
You can dose until you're blue in the face. If you don't have accurate test results dosing is just going to add more confusion.
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36boo
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What you test with
