Hello,
I started using All for Reef on my 20 gallon nano a few weeks ago when I noticed my alk and calcium were on the lower side. I have been dosing 3ml each day manually and started dosing using a pump this past week over the course of the day. I have been testing every other day or so this week to make sure the pump was putting out the proper amount and noticed something off. My magnesium keeps rising by a little every time I test while my alk and PH are going down slighly. Calcium seems to be staying pretty good.
I am using Hanna Checkers for everything except magnesium and I am using Red Sea Pro for that. Tank is about 6 months old with 3 fish and a handful or frags that I have been slowly adding. I am confused on if I should up my dose on all for reef to get alk stable or if I need to lower it to keep magnesium from going too high.
Over the past week my tank went from
Temp - 78
Salinity - 1.026
PH - 7.81
Nitrate - 3
Phosphate - .15
Calcium - 410
Alk - 8.5
Magnesium - 1350
Tonights test
Temp - 78
Salinity - 1.026
PH - 7.75
Nitrate - 3.5
Phosphate - .19
Calcium - 420
Alk - 7.9
Magnesium - 1450
Thanks for any input.
I started using All for Reef on my 20 gallon nano a few weeks ago when I noticed my alk and calcium were on the lower side. I have been dosing 3ml each day manually and started dosing using a pump this past week over the course of the day. I have been testing every other day or so this week to make sure the pump was putting out the proper amount and noticed something off. My magnesium keeps rising by a little every time I test while my alk and PH are going down slighly. Calcium seems to be staying pretty good.
I am using Hanna Checkers for everything except magnesium and I am using Red Sea Pro for that. Tank is about 6 months old with 3 fish and a handful or frags that I have been slowly adding. I am confused on if I should up my dose on all for reef to get alk stable or if I need to lower it to keep magnesium from going too high.
Over the past week my tank went from
Temp - 78
Salinity - 1.026
PH - 7.81
Nitrate - 3
Phosphate - .15
Calcium - 410
Alk - 8.5
Magnesium - 1350
Tonights test
Temp - 78
Salinity - 1.026
PH - 7.75
Nitrate - 3.5
Phosphate - .19
Calcium - 420
Alk - 7.9
Magnesium - 1450
Thanks for any input.