low magnesium

Hey Reefers! Just wanted to give you an update on my 13.5-gallon EVO tank. Everything's looking good except for my Acan lord coral. It was doing great at first, all spread out, but now it's getting a bit shy with its tentacles. It used to be larger than Blasto: Instead of a skimmer, I'm...

Hello. I just finished cycling my Biocube 32. I used bottle bacteria (two brands) and fed it one round of ammonium chloride. Cycle went pretty much as expected over the course of 17 days -- ammonia and Nitrite were at 0 (with API) and at 0 and 0.2 using Salifert, respectively. Nitrate was over...

Ok I'm really confused as to why my Magnesium levels are so low, they are currently reading at 1020ppm and I've checked them twice with a salifert kit. I've just dosed red sea magnesium to raise the Mg levels by 20ppm,waited 15 minutes and tested again and absolutely no change! The freshly made...

~23 gallons of water 5 months old wave makers on opposite ends of tank HOB CPR 3.6g refugium w about a tablespoon of chaeto and several fronds of Caulerpa, life rock rubble, IV sterilizer 2.5” Niger trigger and 6” snowflake eel (both eventually moving to a 75g tank so no hating) one small...

Hey Doc! I was talking with a buddy of mine and he was telling me how he just purchased a Red Sea Magnesium test kit to test his magnesium for the first time. He said his mag came in around 300!?? I didn't see his tests but he swears his calcium was close at 400 and his Alk was sitting right...

So I have been testing my water Everyday and my parameters are 420 Calcium 8.5 to 9.3 Kh 1200 Magnesium Started adding Kent’s magnesium for 3 days and can not get it to Raise. Any Advice ? Would be much appreciated have a Kung Pow Monti on the way and would like it to be around 1300. Also...

Hi Friends, Here are my current parameters: Salinity – 1.025 ORP – 440 PH – 8 Temp – 76 Alkalinity – 13.7 Calcium – 345 Magnesium - 1100 Ammonia/Nitrates/Nitrites = 0 Salt - CoraLife = Calcium (400), Magnesium (1150) Do I need to be concerned about my alkalinity being so high? Should I be...