SPS Growth Puzzle

Aquattro · #1 07-02-2010, 11:26 PM

Doug, it's ridiculous!! My streams actually lock up every 3 months from it. I'm actually thinking of trying tap water, just to remove the RO unit out of the equation! My corals are doing well, color wise, just not actually growing much. I get some, but jeez, compared to what I used to get, it's getting silly.

Sebae again · #2 07-02-2010, 11:28 PM

Are you using a Salifert alk test kit?

Aquattro · #3 07-02-2010, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sebae again

Are you using a Salifert alk test kit?

yes, 2 different kits..

Sebae again · #4 07-02-2010, 11:37 PM

I heard some people had issues with Salifert Alk test kits.

Aquattro · #5 07-02-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sebae again

I heard some people had issues with Salifert Alk test kits.

Possibly, but 2 kits gave the same reading, and I can't see them being more than 10% off either direction, neither case would give me these (non) results in growth. However, the current alk is a bit higher than usual, just because I haven't watched it. It's typicaly been about 20% lower, Ca has generally been no higher than 400, so it too is a bit high now, but still not "out of range" for growth.

littlesilvermax · #6 07-09-2010, 06:54 AM

I used to get major precip, but after adding HUGE amounts of magnesium it went away.

I really don't like magnesium to get below 1380 or so, and unfortunately test kits accuracy is not that great IMO.

The whole reason I got into selling magnesium was seeing how much it would cost over the course of year at the amount of Seachem Mag I was using.

lastlight · #7 07-09-2010, 07:34 AM

Sorry I can't help being such a noob. But it blows my mind that a sandbed can solidify to the point where you can't break it up! How long did that take to happen? You had creatures sifting while this occurred?

Aquattro · #8 07-09-2010, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by littlesilvermax

I used to get major precip, but after adding HUGE amounts of magnesium it went away.
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What gets me, is when did Mg start becoming a supplement? 10 years ago nobody even heard of dosing, and there were a lot of awesome tanks out there. And for me, I guess my levels measure fine due to the large Ca reactor I run. But I've never dosed and never had a need to...

Doug · #9 07-02-2010, 11:29 PM

Yes, my streams were bad there also. I had to clean the precip. from them on a regular basis. Esp. around that bushing. Rodger told me to run my calcium lower but I assume then it was the combination of all the mention problems.