Morning
Tank has been setup 8-9 weeks or so, using b-ionic salt, doing 10-20 gallon water changes a week. I have 3 banghais, 2 small clown gobies, a filefish and a small faerie wrasse, added a week apart to get the tank cycled gently (was fully cycle prior)
s.g. stable 1.025-1.026 (using refractometer-recalibrated this am - no change)
pH stable 8.2 (api & probe)
Alk:(Hanna) 2/18 7.6 (dosed kalk ) 2/19 8.2, 2/23 9.7, 2/25 9.2, 2/27 9.2, 3/4 9.9
ca: (Hanna) 2/18 504 , 2/19 464 2/23 451, 2/25 480, 2/27 283, 3/4 500
Mg: 1/29 960 using red sea so i dosed per the calculator, 2/19 1560 (red sea-ordered aquaforest), 3/4 1320 with Aquaforest and >1600 with red sea
PO4: 2/18 0.06, 2/25 0.08, 3/4 0.22
Nitrates: 20 with hanna and api - over the last 2 weeks and go to 10 after a water change - working on dialing in my fish feeding amounts - i am skimming as well as small hob fuge with macro (wont do much i know)
as far as Mg - i am thinking the aquaforest is more accurate (what i have read), if not next steps other than water changes (doing routine one now)
Foolishly I just measured my salt mix (i think this is why my numbers have gone up)
with Hanna alk 9.8 and Ca 507, s.g 1.026, temp 74
as far as ca/alk - should I be concerned? change salt mix? I am mixing a 30 gallon batch at a time in a 32 gallon bucket (have measured using 5 gallon buckets to make sure my volume estimate is right), per the instructions with the 4 parts, salt, mg and the two bottles that do not label specifics.
thanks for any advice
Tank has been setup 8-9 weeks or so, using b-ionic salt, doing 10-20 gallon water changes a week. I have 3 banghais, 2 small clown gobies, a filefish and a small faerie wrasse, added a week apart to get the tank cycled gently (was fully cycle prior)
s.g. stable 1.025-1.026 (using refractometer-recalibrated this am - no change)
pH stable 8.2 (api & probe)
Alk:(Hanna) 2/18 7.6 (dosed kalk ) 2/19 8.2, 2/23 9.7, 2/25 9.2, 2/27 9.2, 3/4 9.9
ca: (Hanna) 2/18 504 , 2/19 464 2/23 451, 2/25 480, 2/27 283, 3/4 500
Mg: 1/29 960 using red sea so i dosed per the calculator, 2/19 1560 (red sea-ordered aquaforest), 3/4 1320 with Aquaforest and >1600 with red sea
PO4: 2/18 0.06, 2/25 0.08, 3/4 0.22
Nitrates: 20 with hanna and api - over the last 2 weeks and go to 10 after a water change - working on dialing in my fish feeding amounts - i am skimming as well as small hob fuge with macro (wont do much i know)
as far as Mg - i am thinking the aquaforest is more accurate (what i have read), if not next steps other than water changes (doing routine one now)
Foolishly I just measured my salt mix (i think this is why my numbers have gone up)
with Hanna alk 9.8 and Ca 507, s.g 1.026, temp 74
as far as ca/alk - should I be concerned? change salt mix? I am mixing a 30 gallon batch at a time in a 32 gallon bucket (have measured using 5 gallon buckets to make sure my volume estimate is right), per the instructions with the 4 parts, salt, mg and the two bottles that do not label specifics.
thanks for any advice