Calcium problems.
well for the last 3 months I have been having a hard time keeping my calcium levels up.. and they have slowly been falling, I hooked up my Calcium reactor and that fixed my low alk right away but my calcium was still low (it was comming up but very slowly and not at a steady rate) so I tested again and my Ca was the same as two days previous. so I was reading and I stumbled across a article about magnesium levels and ca levels and I started wondering if my Mg levels were maby low and it was interfearing with my Ca levles. So when I went to the meating I bought a Mg test kit at J&L and today I did a full range of tests..
what I found was that my Mg level is only a little over 1/2 of what it should be ( I got 800 ppm for a result and NSW is 1300 to 1500)
so today I called J&L and ordered seachem Mg suplement (and a couple books [img]smile.gif[/img] )
so I will bring my levels up to proper and keep you informed of the results. the main article that got me thinking was one stating that some of the big salt companies cut down the amount of Mg in there mixes to save on money.. so I am going to test a batch of new salt mix on my next water change and see what that comes out at.. if it is normal then something in my tank is depleating Mg.
Steve
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