Kh Mag & Cal on the rise

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I am having issues with high kh mag and cal. I recently switched from Aquaforest reef salt to Fauna Marin Salt. My current vaules are:

Kh 9.5
Mag 1500
Cal 490

Dosing twice weekly AB+ and Fauna Marin Coral dust.

Could it be one of the two are increasing the above?
 
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ReefEnergy AB+ and Fauna Marin Coral Dust - no. Different salt, definitely. Did you test the parameters on the new batch of saltwater before you performed your last water change?
No I haven't. Dont know why its increasing. Kh is always at 9.5-9.6 and mag starts at 1400 and ends up 1500 and cal 450 and ends up 490. Now either my corals are not yet comsuming anything but I have coraline on rocks and my wave makers are all covered
 
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Salt paramaters

Magnesium: 1,250 – 1,340 mg/l
Calcium: 410 – 440 mg/l
Potassium: 380 – 400 mg/l
Sodium: 10,300 – 10,700 mg/l
Chloride: 19,100 – 19,800 mg/l
Sulfate: 2650 – 2750 mg/l
Alkalinity in dKH: 8.0-8.5°
pH value: 8.0-8.4
Strontium: 7.0-9.0 mg/l
 

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Salt paramaters

Magnesium: 1,250 – 1,340 mg/l
Calcium: 410 – 440 mg/l
Potassium: 380 – 400 mg/l
Sodium: 10,300 – 10,700 mg/l
Chloride: 19,100 – 19,800 mg/l
Sulfate: 2650 – 2750 mg/l
Alkalinity in dKH: 8.0-8.5°
pH value: 8.0-8.4
Strontium: 7.0-9.0 mg/l
That's from the container, yes? I meant, did you actually test it after mixing it up?
 

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I agree: test the mix. You might actually have salinity higher than you thing, rather than any problem with the batch.

You do replace evaporated water with fresh, right, not seawater?
 
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Yes have an ato with gravity and always at a constant 34 salinity
 
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