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Old 01-28-2014, 06:28 PM
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Which seller did you use? I would like to get a back up motor as I have all ready went through my first one about a year ago. Has worked great ever since but it is good to have a back up.
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Old 01-28-2014, 06:40 PM
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Which seller did you use? I would like to get a back up motor as I have all ready went through my first one about a year ago. Has worked great ever since but it is good to have a back up.
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Old 01-28-2014, 07:20 PM
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Which seller did you use? I would like to get a back up motor as I have all ready went through my first one about a year ago. Has worked great ever since but it is good to have a back up.

http://www.marinemagic-online.com/about_us.html
Amazing customer service. He replies to all my emails right away.
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Old 01-30-2014, 09:46 AM
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guys im in need of some dosing help lol.. im trying to increase my alk thats currently at 7kh to 8kh. tested for 7kh then i used the recommended dose of the seachem reef builder kh additive of 250ml of RO with half a teaspoon of the additive. 1 hr later i tested water and it still showed 7kh on the salifert test kit.... same with CA mine was at 350 i wanna raise to 420 and used 1 cap full of purple up and it still shows 350... wtf is going on? Tried the BRS calculator but they dont use the same chems i do... i needa get my params to a stable desirable lvl b4 i can use my auto doser..
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Old 01-30-2014, 11:54 AM
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If you are getting into SPS now, I highly suggest switching to a more balanced 2 part dosing system like BRS 2 part, Reef Supplies 2 part or B-Ionic. http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-store/2-Part-Dosing/ Something along those lines. I don't know what the concentration is of the Purple Up or Seachem products.

You can safely increase Cal by 100 and ALK by 1 Dkh in the span of 24hrs. Don't try to do it in one shot though as it can potentially cause issues. Everytime you dose ALK, you will also increase your ph levels so it is best to dose ALK during lights off when ph is at its lowest point.

To figure out what your tank is using, you need to test once. Record your results and then test again at the same time the following day or 3 days even if you want more accurate results and then just divide by 3 and that is your daily consumption. Then use the BRS calculator and figure out how much you need to dose everyday. There will be a lot of testing for the first week or so and tweaks until you get it just right.
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Old 01-30-2014, 11:41 PM
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Gonna be picking up some soda ash and calcium
Chloride from KpG007 soon. Hope that will be better since purple up has to be shaken up real good before each use and that's not really practical for dosing. Still don't understand why adding the alk n cal didn't show a difference in yesterday's testing. Cal dropped 30pm by today. Is that normal?
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What's your Mag reading ?

If it's low (below 1280 I think) you'll have issues trying to get the other 2 up
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What's your Mag reading ?

If it's low (below 1280 I think) you'll have issues trying to get the other 2 up
Dunno I don't have a kit for it so I never added test or added mag since day one lol
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Old 01-31-2014, 02:53 PM
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What's your Mag reading ?

If it's low (below 1280 I think) you'll have issues trying to get the other 2 up
Below 1280 is considered low?
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