calcium,mag,and alk help..

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  1. jkat21

    jkat21 Bangghai Cardinal

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    well,just an update to whats been going on..turns out to be a couple of thing at once..lol..1st my feed line to my reactor was getting air in the line slowing my effluent output so I was not getting enough. 2nd after reading this post over again along with this article I found the other prob to be my mag was low.as per steve I have been dosing mag every 24 slow drip to bring it back up(not this whole time lol)..seems to getting back to norm
    last results taken a couple days ago(6pm) are
    ph 8.1
    alk 9.8 dkh
    cal 360
    mag 1380
    temp 79.5 stable
    spgr 1.027 stable
    and now for a new prob I see my po4 coming up,have not tested yet but .I having to clean the glass a lot more than before..my cheato dosnt seem to be growing,but my mangroves seem to be doing ok.might go for some of that ecobak everyones been talking about.. but that will be another thread if I dont get that kicked...
     
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  3. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    now that your mag is good, dose a little calcium. 360 is low. try at least 400+. also your salinity is needs to drop a tad. maybe take out 1-2 gallons of tank water and replace with freshwater. 1.024-1.026 is great. thing is when your at 1.027 and water starts to evaporate out of your tank, it will shot up higher..

    looking good though.
     
  4. jkat21

    jkat21 Bangghai Cardinal

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    yip I dosed some cal last night.going to wait 24 hrs and test..I have been meaning to start to lower my spgr.will try for that over the next couple of days..I do have an ATO so it pretty stable..I will post test result tom and compare...Thanks..