Magnesium being drained?

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So I've got my tank set up and been established for a while now. The live rock I have was From a friend that was been running for about 7 years.

The magnesium drops in two days from 1350 to 1250. Without fail its always 100 points for every 48hr. The calcium and kh isn't dropping at all. I did infact put in some dry rock a couple weeks ago for more structure.

My understanding the mag can't drop if kh isn't being consumed?

Parameters:
Ph 8.2
Mag 1250
Calcium 430
Kh 9.3
Nitrate 8
Phosphate 0.5
Salinity 1.025

Got 3 torches and a big hammer and then a few candy's and softies. The rock has tons of coralline algea
 
The magnesium drops in two days from 1350 to 1250. Without fail its always 100 points for every 48hr.

That can only be test error or a significant salinity drop.

Real magnesium consumption cannot be more than about 2 ppm a day, and that is only when alk and calcium demand is very high.
 

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