I am so frustrated!!

seanoman · #1 08-18-2009, 03:32 PM

Any suggestions on what to use to increase the MG. I know Tailor Aquatics has a liquid form of MG that you can dose. Anybody have experience with that?

Haloreef · #2 08-18-2009, 04:20 PM

Sean I use Zeo Mag in my calcium reactor aprox 10% of my reactor medium volume. It seems to work for me.
It was a tip I got from Superfudge when I first started keeping SPS.

Oceanic · #3 08-18-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by seanoman

Any suggestions on what to use to increase the MG. I know Tailor Aquatics has a liquid form of MG that you can dose. Anybody have experience with that?

There are many ways of doing this including the Zeomag, I used to run Zeo mag in the reactor but now I just pour in Kent Tech-M into my auto top off resevoir. I go through about a 64oz bottle in about 6-8 weeks. I keep my magnesium very high; infact, I used to run the magnesium at or around 2100 ppm in order to battle a some bryopsis on some new rock (only use Tech-M for this) worked like a charm! I have seen no ill effects of running high Magnesium and I actully believe it promotes faster Coral growth and quicker healing of frags etc.

Tech-M love this stuff
Epson Salts (walmart) Cheap but Sulfate may get to high ??
Bulk reef supply Great if you go through lots.

Oceanic · #4 08-21-2009, 04:13 PM

Any updates on your situation? Have you raised up your ALK to 9-9.5? Have you added MG?

seanoman · #5 08-21-2009, 04:25 PM

I have been raising both my alk and mg. I have been doing both through my top off for the past few days. I checked my alk last night and it was close to 8.5 and mg was around 1200. So slowly but surely, they are coming up. The rate of decline has seemed to slow down aswell. I will be doing another water change today and think I will actually be changing salts aswell, as I need to buy more anyways. I was thinking of using the H2O salt, does anybody have good experience with it? I have only seen good reviews for it, and it seems to have higher mg and alk then what seachem does.

Oceanic · #6 08-21-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by seanoman

I have been raising both my alk and mg. I have been doing both through my top off for the past few days. I checked my alk last night and it was close to 8.5 and mg was around 1200. So slowly but surely, they are coming up. The rate of decline has seemed to slow down aswell. I will be doing another water change today and think I will actually be changing salts aswell, as I need to buy more anyways. I was thinking of using the H2O salt, does anybody have good experience with it? I have only seen good reviews for it, and it seems to have higher mg and alk then what seachem does.

Good to know! I am happy to hear that things are looking better. As far as salt is concerned I would just go with Instant Ocean, the salt is well priced and has been proven for decades. I have never used another salt and couldn't be happier.

Just try to get away from the Seachem salt, the boron in the salt just makes things confusing to test and balance.

Oceanic · #7 09-29-2009, 11:04 PM

I need an update on this!!!! Please tell me that raising your ALK and changing your salt has helped!

megs_clark · #8 09-30-2009, 12:06 AM

Hi, i thought i would mention since im in Chilliwack also, When i use instant ocean salt with my water my alk is 12 before adding my calcium and mg, so mabe if you switch to instand ocean it will raise you alk for you?