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It appears water current is quite strong disrupting the ability for water tp properly flow into sump and in a sense stirring tank.
Tank is fairly new yet and I would rely on salt rather than dosing anything to tank as your salt mix should contain the essentials and if you are doing regular water changes, you should have fairly good readings.
I question if you are getting true readings or false readings. What test kits are you using ?
Are you using tap water from faucet or RODI water ?

Continue use of UV unit and place a filter sock or nylon stocking at your drain at sump to trap small micron particles.
RODI
Refrac for salinity
pH Pinpoint monitor
Alk Hannah check
Ca Red Sea
Mag Salifetr
Nitrate Nyos
Phosphate Hannah checker
 
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FWIW, I am highly skeptical of that 900-1000 magnesium value. It is really difficult to get magnesium that low, except perhaps by a bad batch of salt mix, which itself is quite unusual, or very low salinity (which is best cured by raising salinity, not by adding magnesium).

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING to boost magnesium, use that kit on some new salt water.

Some folks read the Salifert kit backwards. Double check that if you add a whole syringe to get to the color endpoint, it means high magnesium, not low.

What do you believe the salinity is and how did you measure it?
Salinity 1.024 using a refractometer.
The plunger in the Salifert kit sits right at 0.36.
 
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FWIW, I am highly skeptical of that 900-1000 magnesium value. It is really difficult to get magnesium that low, except perhaps by a bad batch of salt mix, which itself is quite unusual, or very low salinity (which is best cured by raising salinity, not by adding magnesium).

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING to boost magnesium, use that kit on some new salt water.

Some folks read the Salifert kit backwards. Double check that if you add a whole syringe to get to the color endpoint, it means high magnesium, not low.

What do you believe the salinity is and how did you measure it?
I've got a new batch mixing tonight. I will test it in the morning.
 

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It’s all in the low end of range, or at least, in comparison to my chemistry.
Im 10dkh, 450ca, 1400mg, combined with 5nitrate, .1phosphate.
I keep Alk on the higher end for safety on both sides of the range.
But all mixes are different, as long as it’s rock solid for a bit, your water should crystal clear.
 

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I see that you've stopped the Kalk. How is the water clarity today? Have you started raising Mg up to recommended levels?
 
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I see that you've stopped the Kalk. How is the water clarity today? Have you started raising Mg up to recommended levels?
Yep..just good ole RO water for topoff. Tank is a little clearer today. Doing another 20g wc tomorrow.
 

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Didnt want to leave this thread hanging out there without an update. The tank is clearing decently. I've done 2 water changes in the last week, 20g each. Still a tad cloudy but at least I can see end to end again.
 

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