Only thing is these kits are new red sea kits just this last winter
Wow the only thing that is on is your Ca, according to how I am reading the cards. You have no alk, and yes your Mg is 1600. I bet it is nice to have new syringesAnd may is over 1600....
. I am dumbfounded, and I can bet this is frustrating. Let me think.
Yes ours frustrating....i wasn't this figured out fast please...im still thinking its the salt... my box had never came with a data sheet...Wow the only thing that is on is your Ca, according to how I am reading the cards. You have no alk, and yes your Mg is 1600. I bet it is nice to have new syringes
. By the way, nice French manicure
. The reason I say we is that @Anirban @120reefkeeper and I have been working to find an answer for you. BRS put out a video on testing with hobby kits and Red Sea was the most consistent over of saliferts and a electronic tester with a cost of big bucks. Here is a link to the BRS thread and video yes they are testing nitrates but what I pulled from the video is that the Red Sea test across the board are very consistent.
That was the gf. I showed her how to test and she sent me the results.I just ran tests twice today
Here is my start with the alk test and also with the Ca. Notice I start with .83 titration
I did not take my finish with the alk titration but with the Ca
My numbers with the tests were
There is some slight variation but close enough. The only way we can get a definitive answer for you is for a water sample to be set to one of us, a lab testing a sample, one of us flies up to you, or a video of you taking a test. The flight is out of the question and a video is the next best thing to see exactly how you are performing the test
I have come to the conclusion that Aquaforest does test high and has some inconsistencies between Aquaforest's inserted test results, but the high Mg will not be toxic or cause issues with your system. The rest of the result that I have read on different threads prove that AF reef salt has a consistent high Mg 1550 to 1600+ and alk at an average of 8.35 and an average Ca of 450 and that has been debated and some are working on more results. I can work with a consistent result more than a inconsistency.
As far as your alk running low and your system looks fine I would test again for the next couple of day and find an average and dose the average. Do not dose to much alk at one time because that will have bad effects on your system, I try to keep my alk between 8.5 and 8.6. Slowly raise the Alk if the alk need to be raised. Once you get your alk balanced, you system will start eating up the Ca and Mg through absorption into the corals. The more corals you have and the large the corals get the more the system will absorb of all your elements.
But once I'm off in an hour I'll work on getting tests done with video
no rush, I will catch it in the morning
It sucks because I'm kind of in rush mode setting that my alk is so low, and tests are sip off...i don't want my tank to crash
YesSo last month switched to Aquaforest reef salt. More info/question below picture.
I have 10+ softies, 6 LPS types, and 3 SPS colonies (all montipora types). I consider myself under the "Aquarium with LPS and less demanding SPS corals". Is this the correct assessment?
Next, with 50 gal (200l) total water volume, I should do two drops/ day of each AF Vitality, AF Energy, AF Build, AF Amino Mix. Does that most likely fit my tank needs?
