Hi all,
I have a 25 lagoon with a couple acans, a hammer, a zoa, a monti, and a ricordea florida. I've been struggling with low alkalinity and high Mag & calcium. I was at WWC the other day and they recommended I use Brightwell 8.3 to raise my alkalinity without raising my calcium.
Here are my test results before dosing (7/18):
Alk: 8.9 (Hanna)
Calc: 546 (Hanna)
Mag: 1500+ (unmeasurable - Salifert)
I dosed the buffer on 7/20
Here they are after (7/22):
Alk: 9.7
Calc: 541
Mag: 1500+ (still unmeasurable)
The calc has been around this number for a while (over 500 since 7/4), and the mag has only recently been high (since 7/18).
I'm still new to learning how these three elements work together other than knowing that to lower calcium you should raise alk, etc. I know it's only been a couple of days, so should I just test a few times a week for a couple of weeks to see if this changes? I know these numbers aren't detrimental to my corals, and everything looks happy other than my monti's polyps not extending.
Any help would be appreciated
I have a 25 lagoon with a couple acans, a hammer, a zoa, a monti, and a ricordea florida. I've been struggling with low alkalinity and high Mag & calcium. I was at WWC the other day and they recommended I use Brightwell 8.3 to raise my alkalinity without raising my calcium.
Here are my test results before dosing (7/18):
Alk: 8.9 (Hanna)
Calc: 546 (Hanna)
Mag: 1500+ (unmeasurable - Salifert)
I dosed the buffer on 7/20
Here they are after (7/22):
Alk: 9.7
Calc: 541
Mag: 1500+ (still unmeasurable)
The calc has been around this number for a while (over 500 since 7/4), and the mag has only recently been high (since 7/18).
I'm still new to learning how these three elements work together other than knowing that to lower calcium you should raise alk, etc. I know it's only been a couple of days, so should I just test a few times a week for a couple of weeks to see if this changes? I know these numbers aren't detrimental to my corals, and everything looks happy other than my monti's polyps not extending.
Any help would be appreciated