Mag over dose

rockhead

rockhead

Well-known member
Well I think I f ked up, a couple of weeks ago I noticed that my mag was getting on the low side and I have not dosed mag for well over a yr now so I started with a gal and hook it up to my pump and slowly started to raise up to 80mls well not paying attention it was set for 800 mls needless to say I dump 3/4 of the gal before catching it and now starting to see the effects. Once favorite piece of undata is now a gray unhappy coral and all my montis are in bad shape, losing a lot of color in the rest of my coral but only in the DT and in the frag tank everything still looks great.... I don't understand
Any advise to correct this ? I'm doing water change slowly and not trying to shock the system anymore, letting nature do its thing for the most part.



Tom
 
Just WC Tom, I found out about high mag in a slower but similar way. Some sps STN'd, others had retracted polyps and slow growth for many even after mag was at normal levels.
 
This is why i try to have enough water to do 50 percent water change at all times. Cant tell u how many dumb accidents ive had and uts saved my arse. Good luck man if u lose u undata mine needs a trim i will give u piece
 
As was already mentioned above, water changes will correct the problem. A whole different high mag related issue is that if you have consistent high mag levels and a sandbed you could also start to see the sand begin to solidify, as in a solid piece of sand that you can physically lift out of the tank. I learned about that a couple months ago.
 
DD said:
As was already mentioned above, water changes will correct the problem. A whole different high mag related issue is that if you have consistent high mag levels and a sandbed you could also start to see the sand begin to solidify, as in a solid piece of sand that you can physically lift out of the tank. I learned about that a couple months ago.
Click to expand...

Ok slow down your scaring



Tom
 
Good luck with that bro... all my inverts died from too high of mag, which started another cycle and a major algae bloom. Just do daily water change if possible. Magnesium depletes very slowly unlike alk and cal.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top