Salt: Aquaforest Reef Salt
Water Changes: 10% weekly
Test Kit: Red Sea Pro kit's mg test
I follow the directions exactly. Though here is what I do as a review:
1. 2ml of tank water
2. 1x drop of A. Shake for 15 seconds. Repeat 5x for a total of 5 drops.
3. Add 5x drops of B. Shake for a minute.
4. 1ml of the titration liquid
5. I push about 7ml through to start, swirl for 15 seconds, then slowly add drop by drop, swirling between each drop until it turns blue. I always get down to 8.4ml of titration used. This is over the 1600ml max that this test kit tests for
I dose AquaForest component 1+, 2+ at 17ml a day, but never dose 3+ since my mg is always so high. It's been about 4 months.
Alk: 8
Ca: 420
Salinity: 1.026
I know red sea test kits read high, but usually not THIS high. The last time I tested was 1 month ago, and it was also 1600ppm.
I'll try to use someone else's test kit this weekend, but let's assume this is still too high, should I reduce magnesium by finding a salt mix with very low magnesium? I'm guessing I should also test my newly mixed batch of water next water change to check if the levels are super high? Any other AquaForest Reef Salt users have this issue?
Water Changes: 10% weekly
Test Kit: Red Sea Pro kit's mg test
I follow the directions exactly. Though here is what I do as a review:
1. 2ml of tank water
2. 1x drop of A. Shake for 15 seconds. Repeat 5x for a total of 5 drops.
3. Add 5x drops of B. Shake for a minute.
4. 1ml of the titration liquid
5. I push about 7ml through to start, swirl for 15 seconds, then slowly add drop by drop, swirling between each drop until it turns blue. I always get down to 8.4ml of titration used. This is over the 1600ml max that this test kit tests for
I dose AquaForest component 1+, 2+ at 17ml a day, but never dose 3+ since my mg is always so high. It's been about 4 months.
Alk: 8
Ca: 420
Salinity: 1.026
I know red sea test kits read high, but usually not THIS high. The last time I tested was 1 month ago, and it was also 1600ppm.
I'll try to use someone else's test kit this weekend, but let's assume this is still too high, should I reduce magnesium by finding a salt mix with very low magnesium? I'm guessing I should also test my newly mixed batch of water next water change to check if the levels are super high? Any other AquaForest Reef Salt users have this issue?