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[kevgib67]

So do I need to add anything to fix it?

My torches, hammers and frogspawn tend to thrive with magnesium at 1400. I test before my weekly water changes and add what is needed to the new batch of water is mixing.

 

[ESABOE]

And the meds I take for nerve pain is Gabapentin I hate taking it and only use it when it's really really hurting.

Oh that’s one of my meds - makes me soo tired. I take up to 6 a day - lol. And morphine and steroids and a wee bit of Norco- the steroids have allowed me to reduce Norco to 1-2 per day, sometimes I don’t take any if I’m just at home relaxing.

I really wish there was an alternative to Gababentin - it’s the one med I haven’t acclimated too.

Rest up Amanda!

 

[Calmwaters]

Yep. Mine mixes around there so I'd say that's accurate. If you don't have a lot of corals with skeletons you don't have to raise that. Coralline algae and skeletal corals need magnesium, soft corals don't.

These are the corals I have...

 

[tbrown]

Keep the magnesium at or above that 1260 and you should be fine.

 

[tbrown]

Lots of LPS so you do need to have calcium and magnesium in there.

 

[tbrown]

Is phosphate a Salifert test?

 

[Calmwaters]

If you had 0.02-0.03 left, yes.

And that's OK for the calcium?

 

[ESABOE]

Usually yes - depends on the coral, yes with bone cutters or side snips, see previous answer of yes with bone cutters or side snips. You can also remove some frags from the plugs fairly easily if they're not encrusting the plug already.

Agreed- I use bone cutters to snip off plug stick and also as much of circle as I can if the coral is not encrusting or spreading type. I also completely remove from original frag plug when I can and glue to rubble rock - bought a bag of Marco rubble. Then it’s really easy to remove from rock scrape if needed.

 

[tbrown]

And that's OK for the calcium?

Calcium is high so yeah. As long as you're above 420 usually. Mine runs around 480-490 consistently.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Is phosphate a Salifert test?

Yes

 

[Calmwaters]

Is phosphate a Salifert test?

Yes they are all salifert test.

 

[ESABOE]

Make it 9 to account for that traffic you seem to get stuck in...

10, you know he’s gonna stop for Taco Bell

 

[kevgib67]

That’s it, im in my car, should be there in 7 hours.

Yo quiero Taco Bell !

 

[tbrown]

Yes they are all salifert test.

I don't trust the Salifert phosphates test.

 

[Calmwaters]

 

[Calmwaters]

I don't trust the Salifert phosphates test.

Why I thought they were the best ones other than the Hanna ones?

 

[tbrown]

Why I thought they were the best ones other than the Hanna ones?

Yes, but for phosphates it's so hard to read. I couldn't even see blue until it hit around 0.25.

 

[Calmwaters]

Yes, but for phosphates it's so hard to read. I couldn't even see blue until it hit around 0.25.

They are all hard to read LOL

 

[kevgib67]

I don't trust the Salifert phosphates test.

Do tell.

 

[Calmwaters]

It is almost my birthday month and my husband said he doesn't know what to get me. I told him it's easy either money to get more corals/fish or a visit to the spa for a massage.... :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: