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You don't need to test for mag . You dont need to test for calcium. Neither will be consumed without a lot of stony corals in the tank, which you don't have.
I guarantee your calcium and mag levels will be the same as fresh salt mix you are using if you are doing occasional water changes.
To you guys telling him to use a two part where exactly is his calcium going? Fish absorbing it? Invisible acropora colony with a stealth field? Have a bet going how many reefers you can get to drive their calcium through the roof? Good grief...
Alk is diving because its consumed by growing bacteria or algae outbreaks. And they can chew it up fast. Box of baking soda, some measuring spoons and the online reef calculator will fix this for a couple bucks. Just calculate how much baking is needed and put it in the tank. You dont need a stupid two part. Yeah...its that easy. Alk fixed.
Can't tell from the pic if it's some type of cyano or dino outbreak. Its not hair algae. Ive seen diatoms get pretty thick if you get lazy and use tap water full of silicate, but they tend to coat the glass and substrate.
Easiest way to raise nitrate is get a bag of sodium nitrate from Amazon for $10. Half a teaspoon should put that tank around 20ppm.
I guarantee your calcium and mag levels will be the same as fresh salt mix you are using if you are doing occasional water changes.
To you guys telling him to use a two part where exactly is his calcium going? Fish absorbing it? Invisible acropora colony with a stealth field? Have a bet going how many reefers you can get to drive their calcium through the roof? Good grief...
Alk is diving because its consumed by growing bacteria or algae outbreaks. And they can chew it up fast. Box of baking soda, some measuring spoons and the online reef calculator will fix this for a couple bucks. Just calculate how much baking is needed and put it in the tank. You dont need a stupid two part. Yeah...its that easy. Alk fixed.
Can't tell from the pic if it's some type of cyano or dino outbreak. Its not hair algae. Ive seen diatoms get pretty thick if you get lazy and use tap water full of silicate, but they tend to coat the glass and substrate.
Easiest way to raise nitrate is get a bag of sodium nitrate from Amazon for $10. Half a teaspoon should put that tank around 20ppm.