Mag levels and alk

[Jenbob]

Hello all soon trying to figure out why my mag levels are so high and calcium levels I have done a water change and added rodi water to help with salinity’s levels here are my levels

 

[blaxsun]

Have you re-tested?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Have you measured the levels in your new salt water? Unless you overdosed, that's where it is from (assuming it is accurate, which it may not be).

What do you think the salinity is?

 

[Jenbob]

Have you measured the levels in your new salt water? Unless you overdosed, that's where it is from (assuming it is accurate, which it may not be).

What do you think the salinity is?

Hello sorry for late reply I get my water premade by the fish store I still for the live of me have high mag

 

[bushdoc]

We are missing some info here. Did you do the tests yourself or LFS did? If you did it yourself, what test did you use?
I use Salifert and Aquaforest tests for Ca/Alk/Mg and found both of them rather finicky with Mg.
Basically any minor deviation from recommended standard procedure can give false results.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Hello sorry for late reply I get my water premade by the fish store I still for the live of me have high mag

I think he was asking if you measured the new water before you added it

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I think he was asking if you measured the new water before you added it

Correct. :)

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I think he was asking if you measured the new water before you added it

I ran into an issue 2 weeks ago where the mix from my lfs was 420 cal 900 mag 5.3 alk 7.7 pH and 1.025 very scary