carmexx
Active Member
well I have a 46 gal reef tank, 20 high gal sump, skimmer, PH, led lighting, RKE controller, etc... I was dosing Mg to try and kill off the Bryopsis in my tank and really think i was succesful. The is no evidence of any in there, although, as i have read other forms of algae will grow to take it's place if the nutrients are not eliminated, I think.
OK, i have been logging my testing and wc schedule with an excel worksheet I found somewhere. I stopped dosing mg about 3 weeks ago... it was at 1800, lol yes 1800. over the course of the 3 weeks til now it has gone down to 1650(today). I have done four 5 gal wc in that time period hoping to slowly bring down the levels.
Now I have checked calcium and it's been hovering around 380-425. It was 425 today. Now I think that is a bit high too, but i think it is b/c of the mg.
I am concerned about the KH though. Disturbingly it was at 6.4 today, but has always run low or close to 7. I know that is NSW value but it is sure close to disaster if you ask me. I'd be comfy around 8. Well the big question is should i dose some mrs wages to help the KH? I am reluctant to dose b/c I do not wanna upset the #'s even more.
Here is a current FTS.
I don't see much, or any negative effects on fish, corals, inverts, etc. The only thing going on is a bleaching of an sps acropora, which is starting from the base up. It used to have a symbiotic porcelin crab but he disappeared. Could that be the reason for the bleaching? Prob not, but just throwing that out there. All other sps has polyp extension, acans doing well, and rbta is doing great.
i am welcoming any input as to how to move forward with dosing the tank or not.
OK, i have been logging my testing and wc schedule with an excel worksheet I found somewhere. I stopped dosing mg about 3 weeks ago... it was at 1800, lol yes 1800. over the course of the 3 weeks til now it has gone down to 1650(today). I have done four 5 gal wc in that time period hoping to slowly bring down the levels.
Now I have checked calcium and it's been hovering around 380-425. It was 425 today. Now I think that is a bit high too, but i think it is b/c of the mg.
I am concerned about the KH though. Disturbingly it was at 6.4 today, but has always run low or close to 7. I know that is NSW value but it is sure close to disaster if you ask me. I'd be comfy around 8. Well the big question is should i dose some mrs wages to help the KH? I am reluctant to dose b/c I do not wanna upset the #'s even more.
Here is a current FTS.
I don't see much, or any negative effects on fish, corals, inverts, etc. The only thing going on is a bleaching of an sps acropora, which is starting from the base up. It used to have a symbiotic porcelin crab but he disappeared. Could that be the reason for the bleaching? Prob not, but just throwing that out there. All other sps has polyp extension, acans doing well, and rbta is doing great.
i am welcoming any input as to how to move forward with dosing the tank or not.
