Iv'e been fighting low mag levels on my reef, I end up dosing so much mag because I am constantly at 1050-1100 after water changes (weekly 15%) on my 150G.
I decided to test my red sea coral pro (35ppm/1.026) heated to 78 degrees in my mixing container.
Mag: 1050
Alk: 6.9
Calc: 360
I thought maybe I had a bad batch when I tested this but my latest order from BRS came in and I ordered two additional buckets. I made a quick batch out of each and the numbers are practically the same out of each additional bucket!
Is this normal? I would think anyone that doesn't dose that relies on the salt params via water changes are starving corals.
I can only wonder if the other levels are low, how low are trace elements? Testing iodine tonight since I just got the red sea kit.
In a hobby where every little detail matters, it's hard to understand how they advertise such high alk/calc/mag when the actual numbers are low. Iv'e also calibrated my Sybon refracto with the 0 solution it came with as well as the 35ppm solution from them; also had my LFS test my water to verify my mix is in fact 35ppm!
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I decided to test my red sea coral pro (35ppm/1.026) heated to 78 degrees in my mixing container.
Mag: 1050
Alk: 6.9
Calc: 360
I thought maybe I had a bad batch when I tested this but my latest order from BRS came in and I ordered two additional buckets. I made a quick batch out of each and the numbers are practically the same out of each additional bucket!
Is this normal? I would think anyone that doesn't dose that relies on the salt params via water changes are starving corals.
I can only wonder if the other levels are low, how low are trace elements? Testing iodine tonight since I just got the red sea kit.
In a hobby where every little detail matters, it's hard to understand how they advertise such high alk/calc/mag when the actual numbers are low. Iv'e also calibrated my Sybon refracto with the 0 solution it came with as well as the 35ppm solution from them; also had my LFS test my water to verify my mix is in fact 35ppm!
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