Ca/Alk/Mag Mess . . . How to fix?

[jorjef]

You guys are all loonie!! Change salt and hope for the best.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by jorjef

You guys are all loonie!!.

lol, I agree! This whole thing is making my head spin

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

lol, I agree! This whole thing is making my head spin

You too huh ?
Imagine how I've felt these last 2 months, nevermind how much money I've wasted on kits

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jorjef

You guys are all loonie!! Change salt and hope for the best.

I agree now but ...

When I was getting a reading from my tank of 520 Ca I couldn't do a WC when the NSW was nearly the same

Now do you see why I am so into this thread ?

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I agree now but ...

When I was getting a reading from my tank of 520 Ca I couldn't do a WC when the NSW was nearly the same

Now do you see why I am so into this thread ?

You say you don't want to spend the extra on a quality salt and rather go cuckoo trying to solve the balance. Well you might think differently when your tank is packed with corals and issues start popping up.. To pay an extra 20,30,40 bucks for a pail of salt is the price of one measly coral. But you risk loosing many more than one with salt problems

IO is fine for fish only tanks but not for reef IMO.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by jorjef

IO is fine for fish only tanks but not for reef IMO.

My LFS won't even sell me IO In all fairness, I think if you've got a good handle on dosing or (successfully) run a Ca reactor, IO is fine. I couldn't use it without upping values for new water, but lots of people do raise values and do all this mucking around. For me, peace of mind is worth the 6 bucks more a week I pay for my salt..but like you said, for me to replace my SPS collection would cost me 10k, so I'm just not interested in skimping on salt.

[jorjef]

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[jorjef]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

My LFS won't even sell me IO In all fairness, I think if you've got a good handle on dosing or (successfully) run a Ca reactor, IO is fine. I couldn't use it without upping values for new water, but lots of people do raise values and do all this mucking around. For me, peace of mind is worth the 6 bucks more a week I pay for my salt..but like you said, for me to replace my SPS collection would cost me 10k, so I'm just not interested in skimping on salt.

Yes for those that want or have the skill to play chemist IO will work. I'm with you, I'm not much for mucking at this point in the game

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

My LFS won't even sell me IO In all fairness, I think if you've got a good handle on dosing or (successfully) run a Ca reactor, IO is fine. I couldn't use it without upping values for new water, but lots of people do raise values and do all this mucking around. For me, peace of mind is worth the 6 bucks more a week I pay for my salt..but like you said, for me to replace my SPS collection would cost me 10k, so I'm just not interested in skimping on salt.

I just had to wrap my head around spending potentially twice as much on salt
I know where this is going as I see I may not have to dose right now, so less cost there, and less time etc
Maybe I'll be able to spend more time gawking the tank instead of the vials

It'll be a new learning curve for me with new salt ... getting used to the tank's params again

[gregzz4]

So Shelley ..........

Did we ever help/answer your original question ?