briang
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Please help the new guy on the block. 75 gal. w 10 gal wet,dry. I was lazy with my water test because my lps, clam, fish, monti,looked as good as any picture I've ever seen. Then out of the blue I did my checks. PH.8.2 ,ammonia 0, NO2-0, NO3 10ppm, dkh 7, but my calcium was 340. so that night I added the reccomended dose of 'kent marine,Liquid Reactor'.The next day calcium still the same. So I repeated as per directions. Next day still 340 .Then I noticed the snow storm in my tank. My open brain coral looked like a brain on drugs and my xenia was having a bad hair day. So after a lot of research I found that if my mag. is low , my calcium won't rise and will precipitate. My LFS> doesn't stock,nor test for mag.so I'm ordering a test kit. I can only guess that my mag. is low till I get test kit. HOW do I stop Cal. precipitation? Tank is 1 year old and I never added mag. Should I add Blindly or wait for test to be shipped ? Should I do water change? I'm not sure but I think this would only add more cal.
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