bypropsis problems? this could help

[Jeff]

i found this thread on reef central and it hold some promise. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1113109

[dwdenny]

interesting and a great find. I had a little on a rock but I took it out and dried in the sun for about a week. Worked great but this is a nano not a big tank and the problem on the bottom rock. lol Thanks for the information

[Ram_Puppy]

Josh and I have been talking about this thread for weeks, I believe he is currently raising his Mag levels as we speek... slowly of course...

or he may not have started...

who knows.. but I am pretty sure he's gonna try it!!!!

or not...

:)

[Ram_Puppy]

josh, you might regret that, did you see some of the negative effects people have reported w/ just going for it? I would do it over a few days.

[Ram_Puppy]

oh, you might be right. :)

been a long day!

[brewercm]

Ahhh, I was curious why they weren't just using epsom salt for the Mag. I didn't read far enough into it yet either.

[Bill S]

Actually, if you read WAY into it, there's some discussion that Epsom Salts might work better?

[apedroza]

Isn't it hard to overdose on Magnesium?? And so any of the lfs sell the test kits???I haven't been able to find one in Austin.

[JimD]

I have a Seachem kit you can borrow if you want.

[apedroza]

Thanks Jim I might take you up on that til I can find one.

[Ram_Puppy]

Josh, do you want to meet me somewhere on sunday or monday and I'll let you borrow my salifert kit.

[Bill S]

I'll be home all weekend, you can come by my house and test too!

BTW, every time I start dosing stuff to "fix" it, it just screws it up. I was trying to raise my alkalinity, and I swear it just got worse. So, yesterday evening I just changed 110 gallons of water.

[Ram_Puppy]

thats a lot of water bill!

[Bill S]

Yup. 10-5 gallon buckets, 1-20g container, 1-40g water top off. Most of 1 bucket of Reef Crystals.

[Bill S]

But normally, I use my 40 container for water changes. That's 15-20%.