- Location
- Forked River, New Jersey
his parameters are pretty stable, i think its been that now that hes lost a substancial amount of coral, the amount of alk and cal being consumed is less so he had to cut back on the dosing.. but it wasnt by much..
Rtn wtf???
- Thread starter tynman
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After I get back from Mikes house tonight I will be adding MAg to the tank but for now Im waiting to test the water with him before I add anything....
For the nitrates I run the bio pellets and they looked low last week so I added 100 MLs to the reactor.
For the nitrates I run the bio pellets and they looked low last week so I added 100 MLs to the reactor.
Just happened I took a look at my doser last week and found it to have deviated. Just didn't want the same for your unit.
- Location
- Peekskill, N.Y.
I had a similar issue over the summer. I noticed you said that you are using ESV salt and dosing Mag bi-weekly. I was doing the same thing with ESV and found out that Mag test kit was way off. What I thought was 1320 was really over 1500. Once I stopped dosing Mag, things turned around. I also had low pH and raised it by dripping Kalk through a Kalkreactor and litermeter.
Well Jim I just found out tonight after I tested my mag with a salifert test kit and came up with 1200 My friend Mikes test kit found it at 1420. So I my still do it bi weekly but instead of 20 mls each one of those days I might try 16 mls and see what happens. I dont have a problem stopping all togethe but Im a little afraid to.... you know how that goes. Thanks.
Let me ask you how often do you do water changes cause I do them every 2 weeks.
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
i do 5 gallons on tuesday and 5 gallons on saturday for a 100 total water volume.i like to do small changes to not mess with the parameters
- Location
- Peekskill, N.Y.
Let me ask you how often do you do water changes cause I do them every 2 weeks.[/QUOTE]
I do a water change every 10 days. I do 40 gals. on a 300
I also started dosing Iodine, a recommendation from Pecan2phat. And I believe this made a huge difference. I only dose once a week. That might be something to try...
I do a water change every 10 days. I do 40 gals. on a 300
I also started dosing Iodine, a recommendation from Pecan2phat. And I believe this made a huge difference. I only dose once a week. That might be something to try...
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- Location
- Wallingford, CT
- Location
- Peekskill, N.Y.
Yes I did. Sorry. Thank you for the correction.
- Location
- Forked River, New Jersey
i cant figure it out.. im stumped myself, starting to believe the gremlin theory, and you must have brought them to my house.. bc i woke up to a flood thim morning.. the magnetic holder for one of my koralias fell off the tank, and landed on my ATO solenoid, holding it open!!!! my frag tank overflowed and was diluted to 1.017!!!! what a mess!!! than god i had 30gallons of water alteady made and readyu to go so i got it fixed quickly but man, your cursed!! haha
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Told ya'!
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
well if it is gemlins your screwed because they multiply like crazy in water.also dont feed your tank after midnight. someone told me that if you put sunlight on them they will die :biggrin:
I do a water change every 10 days. I do 40 gals. on a 300
I also started dosing Iodine, a recommendation from Pecan2phat. And I believe this made a huge difference. I only dose once a week. That might be something to try...[/QUOTE]
So you do less then 20% water change? Cause I do 20 gals every 2 weeks on a 76 gal tank so with the sump Im guessing its about 80 gal total water.
I do dose once a week 3 drops the brightwell iodine. So we are on the same page there.
So let me just ask you are you saying using the esv salt we dont have to dose mag? You stopped all together?
Cause what I did last night I took a water sample and then went off my salifert test of 1200 and I added 50 mls of mag to the tank. Now my friend Mike's mag test kit read 1420 so by adding 50 mls I just pushed it up to some where near 1500 also..... So what I did was lower the doser amount from 20 mls 2 times a week to 16 mls 2 times a week....
I know I screwed up by adding the 50 mls before getting the second test result back...
- Location
- Peekskill, N.Y.
I stopped dosing Mag all together, but I am running a calcium reactor which I believe has Mag in the media any way. I haven't dosed in at least 7 months and maintain about 1340
- Location
- Forked River, New Jersey
not all calcium reactors have mag in them alot of guys add mag flake to the media.. or a mag mineral.. but alot of the argonite mixes are just calcium/alk
Well do you or anyone else on hear think 1420 mag which is a little high but not to crazy would cause RTN?
Cause thats about the only thing I have come up with. And my Mag should be around 1500 after adding the 50 MLs last night so it might come down a bit on my next water change on friday.
- Location
- Forked River, New Jersey
i keep mine at 1400 on the frag tank, cal abt 470-480 and alk at abt 8
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