High Ammonia, Calcium and Magnesium

[Craigh]

Questions about parameters. Latest numbers for JBJ AIO 65. Calcium is 600 ppm and magnesium is 1800 ppm - a slight increase from previous weeks testing. I re-tested using Red Sea kits the Calcium was 480 ppm and Magnesium was 1600 ppm. Fish are active and eating, the corals (SPS and LPS) are colorful and open. Parameters where tested using Hanna Marine Master. I dose All for Reef -10 ml daily and Microbacter7 -5ml daily. Rest of parameters are:

Salinity 1.025

pH 8.3

Alk 11.2

Nitrate 1.6

Phosphate 0.18

Ammonia 0.11

Nitrite .032

Should I be concerned about these levels?

 

[brandon429]

You can ignore the ammonia part. No need to test for it in a stocked running display tank, it can't drift out of spec

Lots of stocked reef tanks run that level, on that kind of non digital kit

Unfactor ammonia from the issue for sure. When converted to nh3, for reefing purposes, that nh4 level above isn't a concern