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Old 10-11-2010, 08:19 AM
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just looked at the website of seachem, found something on their support that seems to be similar to your issue.
http://www.seachem.com/support/forum...ead.php?p=5586
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Old 10-11-2010, 07:14 PM
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Thanksgiving dinner...

I wouldn't worry too much about the alk level right now. 1st thing get your magnesium level up to around 1300 ppm. Go through a couple of water changes and check your levels again.

Any idea why your mag would be low?

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Old 10-11-2010, 07:16 PM
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What would you recommend to bring the MG up with?

I am using the Seachem Reef Salt.

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Old 10-11-2010, 07:19 PM
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...caught me mid edit...

Are you dosing anything, using a calcium reactor?

Do you have a long term plan for managing supplements?

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Old 10-11-2010, 07:21 PM
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It's a new tank and the PLAN is to do 2 part dosing. The tank is currently just cycling.
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Old 10-11-2010, 07:31 PM
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Then I wouldn't do anything other than water changes right now.
That salt should have mg levels of around 1450 out of the bucket. I'm not sure why it's so low now. Check your next batch of salt water when you mix it up.
I'm not a fan of short term fixes.

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Old 10-11-2010, 07:33 PM
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6DKH wont harm anything but i would bring it up to 7.5 with some baking soda. Just use a reef chemistry calculator.

I use kent's mag / epson salt / and a bulk mag with a mix of mag cholide and mag sulfate.
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Old 10-11-2010, 07:54 PM
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Thanks guys.

Honestly I was really surprised at the low levels of this bucket of salt. Possible I got a bad bucket on my first?
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