Started dosing Red Sea A + B about 3 weeks ago with a view to getting towards the 11.5 dKh target value recommended by Red Sea.
As part of the process bought a Hanna Alk Checker to avoid the (in my view rather hit or miss) titration test from Red Sea.
Parameters now sitting at:
Alk 11.3 (has been as high as 12.1 during the adjustment process)
Calc sits around 440 (Red Sea test)
Mag is around 1500 (Red Sea test - if I understand correctly widely regarded as inaccurate?)
Po3 is around .12 - .16
No3 is around 10-12
pH stable at between 8 and 8.1 (depending on photo period)
Temp stable between 24-25
I have noticed a decrease in what I think are dinos and all my softies and LPS look really healthy except for my Xenia which is slowly turning purple from pink
Two questions:
Should I worry about the high Mag level?
Is it better to reduce the Red Sea B dosing to let the Alk fall back or risk the occasional trip to 12?
Additional observation - I stopped doing weekly water changes as something in the salt seems to feed the algae (although I also changed to the new Red Sea LEDs at the same time)
As part of the process bought a Hanna Alk Checker to avoid the (in my view rather hit or miss) titration test from Red Sea.
Parameters now sitting at:
Alk 11.3 (has been as high as 12.1 during the adjustment process)
Calc sits around 440 (Red Sea test)
Mag is around 1500 (Red Sea test - if I understand correctly widely regarded as inaccurate?)
Po3 is around .12 - .16
No3 is around 10-12
pH stable at between 8 and 8.1 (depending on photo period)
Temp stable between 24-25
I have noticed a decrease in what I think are dinos and all my softies and LPS look really healthy except for my Xenia which is slowly turning purple from pink
Two questions:
Should I worry about the high Mag level?
Is it better to reduce the Red Sea B dosing to let the Alk fall back or risk the occasional trip to 12?
Additional observation - I stopped doing weekly water changes as something in the salt seems to feed the algae (although I also changed to the new Red Sea LEDs at the same time)