Water change, posted in Nano by mistake, need help - Long

[trish&dave]

Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici
http:///forum/post/2507778
It isnt a big deal if you dont mind your water being unstable.IMO
You can add all the suppliments you like ,but if Mag is low then you run the risk of precipitation.
That is why I bought the test kits ro4 Mag, calc. (better than what I have), and stronium. I want paramaters to be perfect. I DO NOT LIKE MAKING MISTAKES! Although I know I am in many opinions by being agressive!

 

[veni vidi vici]

From what I've read of someone else's research, IO test are these:
Calcium=350 ppm / Low
Alkalinity=12 dkh / High
Magnesium=1070 ppm / Low
If this is the case,first thing your going to need to do is raise Magnesium,and the see where your at with Calcium ,and Alkalinity as well as keeping an eye on your Ph and Sg.IMO

 

[trish&dave]

So looking at another post, what do you thing about having a maxi 1200, heater, and temp within 1 degree of DT and doing a water change after 20 hours? Any other opinions on the Kalk for my topoff system? Of course instead of the additives at this point (while testing). Test kits will be here monday, not going to do anything major (adding kalk. with top off) until I get those. CAN I SAY THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE RESONDED!!!!

 

[trish&dave]

Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici
http:///forum/post/2507823
From what I've read of someone else's research, IO test are these:
Calcium=350 ppm / Low
Alkalinity=12 dkh / High
Magnesium=1070 ppm / Low
If this is the case,first thing your going to need to do is raise Magnesium,and the see where your at with Calcium ,and Alkalinity as well as keeping an eye on you Ph.IMO
Alk in red sea is Mills equivalent per liter at ~1.8. Calcium is 400, but dropped from 450 in less than 2 weeks. Magnesium, I can't wait to test. Of course the kent calcium reactor susposedly balances them all. But I have DEFINITELY learned, you cannot add ANYTHING you cannot test for. So that is why I invested in the Seachem tests.
Any recommendations on a better PH test? red sea SUCKS! I know it is above 8.0, but cannot tell the color between the purples (below 8.0 is green). I guess it is welcome to chemistry 501 (I hated chemistry until now!).

 

[sepulatian]

Stop dosing all of the nonsense. Instant ocean is a good salt. When you do water changes, it replaces the trace elements. Being that you are moving more toward corals, then buy oceanic or red sea crystals.

 

[trish&dave]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2507882
Stop dosing all of the nonsense. Instant ocean is a good salt. When you do water changes, it replaces the trace elements. Being that you are moving more toward corals, then buy oceanic or red sea crystals.
We still have alot left, but after more research, i understand it is not the best salt for calcium and other necessarey elements. How can you not dose when you have calcium low when you have corals?

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by trish&dave
http:///forum/post/2507904
We still have alot left, but after more research, i understand it is not the best salt for calcium and other necessarey elements. How can you not dose when you have calcium low when you have corals?
I understand the calcium, but that is not all that you were dosing. You have soft corals, unless I am missing something, you do not need to add a ton of supplements for them. The water changes will be enough.

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by trish&dave
http:///forum/post/2507904
We still have alot left, but after more research, i understand it is not the best salt for calcium and other necessarey elements. How can you not dose when you have calcium low when you have corals?
Are the corals hurting? It seems like a lot of stuff (chemicals) being added too quick. That's the only reason why I said to lay back, do normal water changes on a weekly basis, and see what things look like.
By the way, did tank arrive in one piece?

 

[gmann1139]

Originally Posted by trish&dave
http:///forum/post/2507852
Any recommendations on a better PH test? red sea SUCKS! I know it is above 8.0, but cannot tell the color between the purples (below 8.0 is green). I guess it is welcome to chemistry 501 (I hated chemistry until now!).
I recommend Saliftert's pH test for ease of use. I started with IO's (all purple), moved to another brand I can't remember, where the test went from green to blue between 7.0 and 8.6, so it was impossible to read, and it needed to be in daylight, or it turned yellow, before finally settling on Salifert's test, which I'm on my second bottle of.
However, I still use IO's alkalinity test, because you can't beat titration for ease of use.