frisbee
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I've had my tank set up now for about 5 years. Other than dosing about 1 teaspoon of Seachem Reef Builder to every 5 gallons of top off water, (ATO) I've never really dosed anything. It's a 20 gallon mixed reef, & I usually do 2-5 gallon water changes each week. The corals look good, they've been with me for a long time, but as far as the sps/LPS corals go, growth has always been very slow. Anyways, I just bought a Salifert Magnesium & Calcium test kit. I checked both levels today, and my calcium was at 180, while the magnesium is at 810. The alk is at around 7 via a API test kit. Can something like this happen with these levels? I'm going to do a 5 gallon water change on Friday, and then re-test on Saturday, but these results just kind of threw me for a loop. Things aren't necessarily broke, but I guess growth could be better? Maybe I'm not using the test kits correctly? Any information would be great. TY.