Zoas and torch not opening

ajremington68 · Oct 9, 2023

@vetteguy53081 So, may be a dumb question, but I did a test on my Magnesium last night and it was 1350, which is okay but I wanted to get it up to 1400. Now I did a water change of 4 gallons after I tested and put in just heated RODI water to replace to lower salinity to where I want to put on the ATO. The problem is my magnesium fell to 1280 and my torch that has been doing good as well as my frammer shrunk up quite a bit. Is this due to the magnesium fall or the salinity? The salinity dropped to a little over 1.026 from 1.028. Now, if I have another 4 gallons of Rodi water to do a water change to get it to just above 1.025 should I pre-mix the magnesium liquid I have into it to not cause the levels to fall? (have Fluval Sea Magnesium, but ordered Red Sea Magnesium)

vetteguy53081 · Oct 9, 2023

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ajremington68 said:
@vetteguy53081 So, may be a dumb question, but I did a test on my Magnesium last night and it was 1350, which is okay but I wanted to get it up to 1400. Now I did a water change of 4 gallons after I tested and put in just heated RODI water to replace to lower salinity to where I want to put on the ATO. The problem is my magnesium fell to 1280 and my torch that has been doing good as well as my frammer shrunk up quite a bit. Is this due to the magnesium fall or the salinity? The salinity dropped to a little over 1.026 from 1.028. Now, if I have another 4 gallons of Rodi water to do a water change to get it to just above 1.025 should I pre-mix the magnesium liquid I have into it to not cause the levels to fall? (have Fluval Sea Magnesium, but ordered Red Sea Magnesium)

you tested shortly after water change- test after 8-12 hours and see if your readings increase

ajremington68 · Oct 9, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
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you tested shortly after water change- test after 8-12 hours and see if your readings increase

I did the water change at like 10 pm then tested the next day at 10am so 12 hours and then I dosed some of my magnesium to get it to raise. But what should I do for the other 4 gallons I have should I just do it like I did the last one, or dose the water prior to adding it, or what would you do?

Nor391 · Oct 9, 2023

ajremington68 said:
@vetteguy53081 So, may be a dumb question, but I did a test on my Magnesium last night and it was 1350, which is okay but I wanted to get it up to 1400. Now I did a water change of 4 gallons after I tested and put in just heated RODI water to replace to lower salinity to where I want to put on the ATO. The problem is my magnesium fell to 1280 and my torch that has been doing good as well as my frammer shrunk up quite a bit. Is this due to the magnesium fall or the salinity? The salinity dropped to a little over 1.026 from 1.028. Now, if I have another 4 gallons of Rodi water to do a water change to get it to just above 1.025 should I pre-mix the magnesium liquid I have into it to not cause the levels to fall? (have Fluval Sea Magnesium, but ordered Red Sea Magnesium)

Yo have to slowly lower the salt level don’t lower it again for another week