Probably why i stopped keeping maroons as well as any jawfish. Wont even try engineer gobies.Yeah
Can’t believe people complain about wrasse and sand. That thing is second only to my old diamond goby
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Probably why i stopped keeping maroons as well as any jawfish. Wont even try engineer gobies.Yeah
Can’t believe people complain about wrasse and sand. That thing is second only to my old diamond goby
My female ocellaris would kick up sand when I would target feed the yasha goby. I'd load her up with pellets first, but no, try to give the goby some food and it's tail slaps on the pipette and raising hell on the sand bed.Yeah
Can’t believe people complain about wrasse and sand. That thing is second only to my old diamond goby
I was thinking of buying that exact same case. Let me knoywhat you think of it!
It’s an electric lemonade anacropora. It’s supposed to be greenNot sure what it is , but is doing really good...even the lil tips ,just tossed on bare bottom are growing !...
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Inaccurate test? They are said to be quite poor.Ph- 0.27
N - 30.4
Alk- 13.5
Ca - 410
Mg - 1190
Why isn’t my magnesium going up?? I’ve put like a whole bottle in in the last few weeks. @Miami Reef ?
Bingo. Magnesium tests don’t work well. The new method is to add magnesium in ratio with calcium and never test it. It will take a LONG time, if at all, to see changes to magnesium.Inaccurate test? They are said to be quite poor.
UgghBingo. Magnesium tests don’t work well. The new method is to add magnesium in ratio with calcium and never test it. It will take a LONG time, if at all, to see changes to magnesium.
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Just say NO to magnesium testing: RMM is born
OK, this thread has been many years in the making, and I'm posting it here since folks in the chem forum are probably already tired of all the threads relating to problematic magnesium testing. I'm going to propose a method, let's call it the Randy Magnesium Method, or RMM for short. All good...www.reef2reef.com
What issues are you experiencing? I enjoy problem solving.Uggh
I’ve just been assuming mag has been my issue. Now I have no idea.
Because magnesium takes a WHOLE pile of bottles to go up. Mine went from 1050 to 1190 using about 250 grams of dry Magnesium Sulfate/Magnesium Chloride mixed to the Randy ratio. Depending on the bottle (I liked Kent's) it only raises it like 18.7 ppm per ml per gallon...Ph- 0.27
N - 30.4
Alk- 13.5
Ca - 410
Mg - 1190
Why isn’t my magnesium going up?? I’ve put like a whole bottle in in the last few weeks. @Miami Reef ?
Even coralline uses them in a ratio of about 2.8 dKH of alk, 18-19 ppm calcium, and 1-2 ppm magnesium.
This is true. It takes a lot to raise it. My shtick is that the kits aren’t accurate. I agree with everything you said.Because magnesium takes a WHOLE pile of bottles to go up.
Understandable.This is true. It takes a lot to raise it. My shtick is that the kits aren’t accurate. I agree with everything you said.![]()
It started with all of my RFA’s then losing zoas. Then other similar softies. Corals would look healthy then suddenly close. LPS were next. For some reason would lose half a colony while the rest looked healthy. Last were SPS which had RTN just before moving to the new tank. Probably lost 70% of all my corals. Though some were completely unaffected. Like all my pavonas, mushrooms, favias even my acros were completely unaffected. Some corals went to the brink and then bounced back.What issues are you experiencing? I enjoy problem solving.
Have you considered sending an ICP test? Just to make sure there aren’t any heavy metal build ups?Also I was using tons of kalkwasser and adding some magnesium powder but probably or enough mag.
Edit: back on AFR now