Brassmonkey
Active Member
Just wanted to know if there is anything I should do to get some of these numbers up.
Dkh.8.7
Cal.390
Mag.1200
Nit.5
Phosphate .26
Ph. 8.0
Dkh.8.7
Cal.390
Mag.1200
Nit.5
Phosphate .26
Ph. 8.0
Help with parameters
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fishski13
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Looking at your parameters I would look to raise your calcium and magnesium and lower your phosphate. There is a lot of way you can do this. Are you dosing anything? Are you using GFO?
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Brassmonkey
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Yes I dose seachem reef fusion and brightwell magnesium. Also trace elements once a week.
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Brassmonkey
Active Member
I only use 2 cap fulls every other day.
Sorry I forgot to say it's a 75 gallon.
Floyd-
Well-Known Member
Im still learning but it really depends on if you have fish only or corals and fish. Then if you are keeping coral what type of coral.
From what I know your cal and mag are a little low and the phosphate is super high.
I keep my cal at about 430-450 and my mag at 1350-1400. Phosphate should be about .03-.06
Lavey29
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If you are doing weekly water changes then you should not have to dose trace elements unless you have a huge stock of stony corals in there. Did you get an ICP done to check all your numbers before dosing trace? Depending on the age of the tank and how much coral livestock, the first things you will need to dose is alk and cal. This is required when you determine that weekly water changes do not keep up with alk and cal demand. Run a small bag of phosguard in your sump to bring phosphate down. If you are using a quality salt mix then your magnesium should not be low. Get a second independent test done to confirm number.
