Idech
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My 75 gallons tank is 1 year old and corals aren’t happy despite seemingly correct parameters so I did an ICP test. Lots of things are wrong, some because of mistakes (high magnesium) or because I was trying to get rid of dinos (high silicate) or others. I haven’t done regulars water changes, mostly because dinos come back when I do. I was dosing All for Reef 10 ml per day which is most probably not enough considering those results.
So a good water change will be in order and many elements will have to be dosed (boron, iodine, zinc, copper, manganese, iron, chromium, cobalt). I will also remove activated carbon to help with high barium. I also need to find out if food is causing nickel levels to be elevated.
Here are my questions :
1- Once I dose missing elements to the correct values, will dosing All for Reef suffice to maintain them at a good level (I have been doing it at 10 ml per day for the last 4-6 weeks) ?
2- Will doing a water change be enough to correct whatever is elevated or should I use other specific measures ?
3- Do you see anything that I should worry about in those results ? (I have highlighted in red when values were outside normal range).
4- Is my rodi water okay ?
Thank you
So a good water change will be in order and many elements will have to be dosed (boron, iodine, zinc, copper, manganese, iron, chromium, cobalt). I will also remove activated carbon to help with high barium. I also need to find out if food is causing nickel levels to be elevated.
Here are my questions :
1- Once I dose missing elements to the correct values, will dosing All for Reef suffice to maintain them at a good level (I have been doing it at 10 ml per day for the last 4-6 weeks) ?
2- Will doing a water change be enough to correct whatever is elevated or should I use other specific measures ?
3- Do you see anything that I should worry about in those results ? (I have highlighted in red when values were outside normal range).
4- Is my rodi water okay ?
Thank you
