Mg, Ca, Kh... need to correct values and more questions

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Maybe try a different or upgraded salt?

Similar problem at different locations. Each setup uses a different brand salt.

2 different questions? The dinos are more a symptom of a young system, high nutrient, low light, low water movement, or combination of any of these..

Not 2 questions but relating dino to incorrect parameters. The system in question is 11 months old and another setup with similar problems is 1.5 years old. Setups have cre LED's which put the old MH to shame and there is lots of water movement. I actually had to reduce the pump flows inside the tank because the corals did not like that much current.

The safest way would be to do 10 gallon water changes once a week with a good reef salt (Red sea pro, Reef Crystals) The problem I see with dosing is you are probably missing a bunch of trace minerals also along with the items you showed us. Remember everything did not get that low over night, so the last thing you want to do is shock your tank by bringing everything back up too fast. Once you get your levels up close to normal then you can start dosing to keep it that way.

The 3 salts I use in the setups are coralife, redsea and another one I can't think of the brand. It is a type you can mix all the ingredients together. The reviews on it were great and I noticed a major difference in coral growth using the liquid one.

After all my reading and talking with other forums/friend at the LFS. Calcium reactor is what I will need. The dino is related to the parameters being off. The fact that it has happened in two aquariums 30 miles apart using similar setups excluding salts, water and aqarium size there has to be another cause. The reef setup is a eco system within itself. If everything is balanced it should do exactly what it does. Cyano and other nuisance problems are related to something being out of whack.

Really good example is cyano. My aquarium became infected as well as a friends. I read and read about it, talked to people and they all the same answers. They told my friend and I to add chemicals, reduce lighting and change flow. I told my friend there has to be another reason. I kept researching while he was chemically dosing his aquarium all the time. I found out the MH were the cause. I replaced my entire MH setup and that eradicated the cyano. My friend still used his MH light and bought phoenix 14k bulbs and kept dosing. Same problem for months. He switched to LED, cyano died and he has yet to have any come back.

When I say natural that is what I mean. There is something causing the system to be doing what its doing. With my Kh, Ca and Mg at various levels and not correct those are the reasons I am having the problem. Took a lot of reading to figure that out. The problem with dosing it is only a temporary fix. Some of these tanks I don't see for a week and I need something that does not require my involvement. Thus, leading me calcium reactors.

Thank you everyone for the replies! Hope no one else has to deal with dinos... they are annoying!