my new baby... AKA The Café

[StatelineReefer]

Everytime I dose magnesium my coralline makes lots of babies.

Yeah, except you know I maintain mine at close to 1500.

 

[tbrown]

Yeah, except you know I maintain mine at close to 1500.

Yep. And I maintain mine at 1280.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Yep. And I maintain mine at 1280.

So you're saying less is more?

I'm a reefer, I don't understand the concept.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Yeah, except you know I maintain mine at close to 1500.

The more magnesium the better IMO. 1500+ is best for Lps as it makes them puffy though around 1800+ inverts are affected.

Yep. And I maintain mine at 1280.

 

[Petcrazyson]

So you're saying less is more?

IME more is better for Mag

 

[StatelineReefer]

That explains why my torches look like bowls of spaghetti.

 

[Petcrazyson]

That explains why my torches look like bowls of spaghetti.

I’ve found the corals that love it most are Euphyllia, Acans, Austrolos, Scolys, and Candycanes.

 

[StatelineReefer]

I’ve found the corals that love it most are Euphyllia, Acans, Austrolos, Scolys, and Candycanes.

You can add Indophyllia to that list too. My indy gets fat.

 

[StatelineReefer]

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Must be hard to find gloves and shoes that way.

Who says I have toes? No room if you have 20 fingers.

 

[tbrown]

I dumped a bottle of magnesium into my tank and it went from 1280 to 1295 back to 1280 in a week. I think coralline eats magnesium if it's low. Higher magnesium may limit coralline growth? Hmmm...

 

[StatelineReefer]

I dumped a bottle of magnesium into my tank and it went from 1280 to 1295 back to 1280 in a week. I think coralline eats magnesium if it's low. Higher magnesium may limit coralline growth? Hmmm...

Well, if it's a choice between spotty coralline and obscene euphyllia growth....

 

[StatelineReefer]

Who says I have toes? No room if you have 20 fingers.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Where did you find my picture? I am so careful not to let them go public! Hahaha!

 

[fishguy242]

Never tested mag , ever, 16 oz bottle liquid ,dump a lil about once every 10 days , same w iodide
bottles last 6-7 mo ,no water changes ,avg 300 gal systems, imagine on the low end ??
Coralline has never been an issue w NOT growing...

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Of course you know this makes hand labor projects very speedy! Back to work now!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Never tested mag , ever, 16 oz bottle liquid ,dump a lil about once every 10 days , same w iodide
bottles last 6-7 mo ,no water changes ,avg 300 gal systems, imagine on the low end ??
Coralline has never been an issue w NOT growing...

I have also never tested mag. I bought the Hanna Mag tester when It was released but the reviews of inconsistency were so bad because the bad reagent they were using. I never opened mine. I did buy the updated reagent kit, and still haven't opened either box...

 

[Projects with Sam]

jus sayin'

those spikes are not from dosing... I anticipate its test kit inaccuracies. Salifert.

 

[tbrown]

Never tested mag , ever, 16 oz bottle liquid ,dump a lil about once every 10 days , same w iodide
bottles last 6-7 mo ,no water changes ,avg 300 gal systems, imagine on the low end ??
Coralline has never been an issue w NOT growing...

So my theory may be truth... Hmmm.

 

[tbrown]

jus sayin'

those spikes are not from dosing... I anticipate its test kit inaccuracies.

How's your coralline?