You entered your Alk values in the Ca section. Be more careful with these things!View attachment 31968
salinity is 1.026.
Comparison to how much it would take to reach Alk levels that I want. Such a huge difference between increasing Alk and Mag.
Damn! good catch - i totally missed thatYou entered your Alk values in the Ca section. Be more careful with these things!
Mg is the 3rd highest concentration salt in our water (behind chloride and sodium), so increasing it will require a lot of additive; this makes sense. Alk is a much smaller concentration so small changes make a big difference.
doesn't really matter for the Mg calculation though. those 3 are independent calculators.You entered your Alk values in the Ca section. Be more careful with these things!
Mg is the 3rd highest concentration salt in our water (behind chloride and sodium), so increasing it will require a lot of additive; this makes sense. Alk is a much smaller concentration so small changes make a big difference.
oh, oops.. thanks! definitely need to pay closer attention.You entered your Alk values in the Ca section. Be more careful with these things!
Mg is the 3rd highest concentration salt in our water (behind chloride and sodium), so increasing it will require a lot of additive; this makes sense. Alk is a much smaller concentration so small changes make a big difference.
I've never been able to get the end point correct on Red Sea test kits :/View attachment 31970
Notice the Salifert Magnesium test kit was expired, wasn’t sure if it may be bad. Made a quick run to Neptune’s and got a new test kit and reran 3 tests.
Expired Salifert 1140
New Salifert 1350
Red Sea 1400
I did read that Red Sea Mag test higher than Salifert. I guess when in doubt, buy a new test kit?
I’m glad you double-checked and didn’t add the 2 liters of Mg! Your level is good after all.View attachment 31970
Notice the Salifert Magnesium test kit was expired, wasn’t sure if it may be bad. Made a quick run to Neptune’s and got a new test kit and reran 3 tests.
Expired Salifert 1140
New Salifert 1350
Red Sea 1400
I did read that Red Sea Mag test higher than Salifert. I guess when in doubt, buy a new test kit?