So my tank is about 2.5 months old. BC29. 1 bluefin damsel. Zoas, mushrooms and one recovering sun coral (accidentally tried to kill ... has 1 tiny head and about half of a larger one) have been there for quite some time. I recently added a Duncan, hammer and trumpet. Several snails, 2 hermits (both been there a while) and 1 peppermint shrimp that was just added.
Originally my mg was down in 900s but since switching to Reef crystals it has started coming up. My problem is that I can't get it over about 1230. I'm dosing fluval sea magnesium daily and it's dropping still. My calc is reading 480 and alk is 10. Those haven't changed in several days but the mag keeps dropping.
Anyone have any thoughts as to why my magnesium is dropping so quickly despite dosing yet my alk and calc are holding steady?
Here is my mg record. The notes are dosed after the test.
And I even dosed more than I have been yesterday and it dropped even lower today. So I dosed more.
Should I be doing something different? Dosing something different? I wouldn't worry as much but I don't think my corals are as happy as they could be. My mushroom rock does look nice and full today though ... maybe the best it has looked!
My phosphates are finally getting down to a good level too. Down to 0.095 today. Aiming for the 0.03-0.05 range.
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Originally my mg was down in 900s but since switching to Reef crystals it has started coming up. My problem is that I can't get it over about 1230. I'm dosing fluval sea magnesium daily and it's dropping still. My calc is reading 480 and alk is 10. Those haven't changed in several days but the mag keeps dropping.
Anyone have any thoughts as to why my magnesium is dropping so quickly despite dosing yet my alk and calc are holding steady?
Here is my mg record. The notes are dosed after the test.
And I even dosed more than I have been yesterday and it dropped even lower today. So I dosed more.
Should I be doing something different? Dosing something different? I wouldn't worry as much but I don't think my corals are as happy as they could be. My mushroom rock does look nice and full today though ... maybe the best it has looked!
My phosphates are finally getting down to a good level too. Down to 0.095 today. Aiming for the 0.03-0.05 range.
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