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So as the title states I just started dosing after I noticed my cal/alk/mag were low. No corals yet, 1 fire shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 chromis, 2 clowns and 5 astrea snails, 6 cerith snails, 8 red leg hermit crabs and 1 bangaii cardinal. 50 gallon tank with sump.
cal 380
alk 7.8
mag 1050 ( I tested with a different test kit, red sea and it read 1250)
I'm using the brs 2 part cal/alk/mag system, I got my alk up to 8.6, i would like to get it to 9. I dosed calcium to get it to 420 however I noticed about 10-15 minutes after dosing, the calcium remained the same (380). I used 2 different test kits, red sea and api, I didn't want to dose again and raise it too high.
What am I doing wrong? I've read about calcium precipitation, could that be it? Should i dose calcium again or should I dose magnesium first and then do cal?
Thanks.
cal 380
alk 7.8
mag 1050 ( I tested with a different test kit, red sea and it read 1250)
I'm using the brs 2 part cal/alk/mag system, I got my alk up to 8.6, i would like to get it to 9. I dosed calcium to get it to 420 however I noticed about 10-15 minutes after dosing, the calcium remained the same (380). I used 2 different test kits, red sea and api, I didn't want to dose again and raise it too high.
What am I doing wrong? I've read about calcium precipitation, could that be it? Should i dose calcium again or should I dose magnesium first and then do cal?
Thanks.