High mag.

Whiskyclown · Sep 1, 2018

Hello you guys I tested my tank and I have high mag. it's 1480 ppm I was wondering if there a way to lower down mag or just do a water change which I'm going to do today or should I just leave the mag. That way

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 1, 2018

Unless you added a lot, it likely came from your new water and I’d just ignore it. The value may also be inaccurate, especially if you used the Red Sea kit.

Whiskyclown · Sep 1, 2018

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
Unless you added a lot, it likely came from your new water and I’d just ignore it. The value may also be inaccurate, especially if you used the Red Sea kit.

No I did add any mag and I do test my water with red Sea test kits . So it fine to have high mag ??

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 1, 2018

Whiskyclown said:
No I did add any mag and I do test my water with red Sea test kits . So it fine to have high mag ??

The level is likely fine, whether that 1480 ppm is real or something lower.

Sluggish snails is often found with very high magnesium. Do you have any and do they seem OK?

Whiskyclown · Sep 1, 2018

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
The level is likely fine, whether that 1480 ppm is real or something lower.

Sluggish snails is often found with very high magnesium. Do you have any and do they seem OK?

I do have 3 snails and 3 bumblebee snails

Whiskyclown · Sep 1, 2018

Whiskyclown said:
I do have 3 snails and 3 bumblebee snails

And there are okay

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 1, 2018

Then rest easy and enjoy the reef. [emoji3]

Dr. Reef · Sep 2, 2018

i wouldnt worry about 1480. i have run tanks as high as 2100 with no ill effects. 1400-1500 is very commonly kept number.

Maggie321 · Sep 3, 2018

Agreed with the good Dr. here. My mag is about 1600-1700. Tested with a Hannah. I have nassarus snails and turbo snails that handle it fine. I use IO reef crystals and it has just mixed up that way since forever. Your number is not that bad, don't chase numbers anyway, you'll stress about something that's likely not a huge deal.