Mag@1560

Jej34 · Apr 7, 2016

Hi Randy,

Is there a way to lower the mag from 1560 or is this ok?

Fish
Lps
Couple of softies

Thanks

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 7, 2016

It is OK.

Are you adding any?

Jej34 · Apr 7, 2016

I am not, I may of overdone it with Epson salt to get it there but that was 2 months ago and 4 20% water changes.

I would imagine it should gradually go down?

I O reef crystals 1.025

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 7, 2016

OK, I'd just ignore magnesium for a while. If real, it is plenty high, and some folks have issues with magnesium testing results being inaccurate, so I would not sweat it.

Jej34 · Apr 7, 2016

Ok thanks

Jej34 · Apr 7, 2016

One more. Lol

Using Brs 2 part (just bought, didn't dose yet)
Current all/cal are 6.7 and 480.
Now one would tend to add just the soda Ashton get the alk up but I'm hearing that this is incorrect due to the see sawing of the two.

Using two part, how would you balance it out if you were shooting for 9.0?

Thanks again Randy.

Joe

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 8, 2016

I'd dose just the alk part for a while to get to 9 dKH, adding maybe 1 dKH per day and see what that does.

The calcium will slowly drop and when it gets to where you want it, start dosing the calcium in the same volume you dose the alk part and then monitor both and make adjustments based on the tank alk over time. Longer term, make smaller adjustments to the calcium dose away from the alk dose, if needed.

jason2459 · Apr 8, 2016

FYI, Reef Crystals commonly has over 1500 Mg levels so even not adding any extra it will probably take a long time to go down and may not ever go down under 1500. But many people run their Mg that high and higher with no apparent issues other then the possible sluggishness with snails which they seem to recover after a while. Like Randy said, I wouldn't worry about that level.