Ok, sorry :lol:

I wouldn't worry about Magnesium too much if you're just starting up. Just have fun with the hobby in the meantime. Honestly I went maybe close to 5 or 6 years into the hobby without once caring about Magnesium. :)

Don't worry, in some ways, the confusion will go away, and in other ways, it never does! That's why we're all off our rockers. :lol:

water test
 

so I did another test today and you were probably right about 2400 being wrong read, today my reads are cal 460 alk 12/ mag 1150/ phos .11/ how do i bring my phos down? all else seems to be leveling out, I think with one more water change I should have it pretty much under control (I hope)