Curious if anyone has ever encountered a sudden stop of magnesium absorption?
For the past 3-4 years I’ve been dosing between 20-25cc of mg to keep it stable around 1450. Within the last few months I’ve noticed a drastic stop in mg usage. Couple months ago was surprised to test it >1600. Dropped the dose in half at that time and the last couple weeks have been back closer to 1500 but only dosing 6cc/day where it remains stable.
Tank is a heavily stocked mixed reef and I try to maintain:
Mg: 1450
Ca: 420
kh: ~8
Normal daily doses from doser:
Mg: 22cc/day down to 6cc/day for the last 2-3 weeks
Kh: 18cc/day no change
ca: 20cc/day no change
Lines and containers were inspected and appear to be functioning as should.
I have not really added anything to the tank lately nor have I switched salts, its been same bucket for almost a year so I’m just curious on if anyone knows why this is happening. Verified with 2 diff test kits.
For the past 3-4 years I’ve been dosing between 20-25cc of mg to keep it stable around 1450. Within the last few months I’ve noticed a drastic stop in mg usage. Couple months ago was surprised to test it >1600. Dropped the dose in half at that time and the last couple weeks have been back closer to 1500 but only dosing 6cc/day where it remains stable.
Tank is a heavily stocked mixed reef and I try to maintain:
Mg: 1450
Ca: 420
kh: ~8
Normal daily doses from doser:
Mg: 22cc/day down to 6cc/day for the last 2-3 weeks
Kh: 18cc/day no change
ca: 20cc/day no change
Lines and containers were inspected and appear to be functioning as should.
I have not really added anything to the tank lately nor have I switched salts, its been same bucket for almost a year so I’m just curious on if anyone knows why this is happening. Verified with 2 diff test kits.
