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03-17-2006, 03:26 AM
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I'm usin' SeaChem Mg to raise Mg. So far, so good. Added 1200g yesterday and the Mg is at 1110 ppm today. Added another 1200g today so it should be around 1215 ppm tomorrow. Once it's up to 1290 ppm, I'll do the Turbo Ca thing.
Once the Ca is up to 400 ppm I plan to maintain Ca with SeaChem's Reef Advantage Calcium. One advantage to this product, I'm told (and it also says so right on the package), is that it also maintains Mg and Sr. The guaranteed analysis says it contains 17 mg of Mg per 1g; and 0.34 mg of Sr per 1g. Cheers  ,
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03-17-2006, 04:13 AM
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Bev...., I thought we banned you from posting that many links in one post
 Steve
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03-19-2006, 01:41 AM
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Well, yesterday the Mg read 1320 ppm so I overshot my target a bit. This raised the Ca to 265 ppm. Alk yesterday was 9.6 dKH.
So I added 100g of Turbo Calcium. Today's readings: Mg 1350 ppm. Alk 9.9 dKH. Ca 265 ppm. Huh? 265? I added 100g of the stuff!! This is getting kinda weird. I was only joking about Kent forgetting to put calcium in the product! One thing I should mention is I have been treating for Cyano with Chemi-Clean at the same time. I have done two 10% water changes, but only one of those water changes was after the 100g Turbo Ca addition. (One 10% change was yesterday before the Ca addition, and the other 10% change was this morning). Seems to me to be too much of a coincidence for that second 10% water change to keep the Ca at 265. Besides....the salt is supposed to have Ca in it also, right? I'll be adding another 100g of Turbo Ca tonight, but as yet, I still have not seen this product do anything.  Cheers ,
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03-19-2006, 03:24 AM
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I know this has been mentioned before but have you tried a different test kit? How long after you add the Turbo Calcium are you testing? I usually wait a good 2-3 hours for everything to get mixed real good. On a side note you are adding it to a 180 gallon + sump tank so maybe it will take alot to get the CA up? just grasping at straws here. LOL
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03-19-2006, 04:20 AM
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Finally!!!
Got a reading of 340 ppm Ca 2 hours after tonight's 100g dose.  The homestretch now. Man, I bet I had those Kent lab techs shakin'.  Ya, right.  .Cheers ,
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