What is going on??

Luke Schnabel · 10/19/2015, 11:09 AM

So the past two days I've noticed everything in my sump turning white. A white coating that I can pull off with my finger nail. Then today my filter socks, pump foam filter and my GFO are solid as a brick. I checked all my levels... Alk 10.5 Mg 1400 Cal dropped to 290... 4 days ago it was at 410... I use REd Sea test kits

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I dose Cal, Alk and Mg using a bubble Magnus. I had it pretty much dialed in too. Cal and Alk were dosing every hr seperated 15 min apart and Mg was being dosed every 6 hrs...

Also I've been using the BRS supplements. To keep Alk in check its been dosing a gallon every 10 days.... Same with Cal... I find that crazy high.... I have about 20 soft corals and 4 frags of LPS and 2 lps about softball size???

Please help, I don't think my coral are liking this at all

whosurcaddie · 10/19/2015, 11:28 AM

Your calcium is precipitating out because you are dosing cal and alk too close together. You should do one in the morning and one at night.

Luke Schnabel · 10/19/2015, 11:56 AM

My Alk drops real low and then spikes if I do that. Would every 12hrs and have them on a seperate time work... So Alk at lets say noon then cal at 1??

10/19/2015, 11:09 AM	#1
Luke Schnabel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Canton. Ohio Posts: 288	What is going on?? So the past two days I've noticed everything in my sump turning white. A white coating that I can pull off with my finger nail. Then today my filter socks, pump foam filter and my GFO are solid as a brick. I checked all my levels... Alk 10.5 Mg 1400 Cal dropped to 290... 4 days ago it was at 410... I use REd Sea test kits I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I dose Cal, Alk and Mg using a bubble Magnus. I had it pretty much dialed in too. Cal and Alk were dosing every hr seperated 15 min apart and Mg was being dosed every 6 hrs... Also I've been using the BRS supplements. To keep Alk in check its been dosing a gallon every 10 days.... Same with Cal... I find that crazy high.... I have about 20 soft corals and 4 frags of LPS and 2 lps about softball size??? Please help, I don't think my coral are liking this at all __________________ In wall 125 gallon display and 48g frag tank w/ 75gallon sump Apex Controlled, 2xMP40, 1 MP10, Ecotech M1 return, reef octopus x5000, 4x Ecotech Radion G2 with T5 supplament(Display), 2x AI Hydras (fr

10/19/2015, 11:56 AM	#3
Luke Schnabel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Canton. Ohio Posts: 288	My Alk drops real low and then spikes if I do that. Would every 12hrs and have them on a seperate time work... So Alk at lets say noon then cal at 1?? __________________ In wall 125 gallon display and 48g frag tank w/ 75gallon sump Apex Controlled, 2xMP40, 1 MP10, Ecotech M1 return, reef octopus x5000, 4x Ecotech Radion G2 with T5 supplament(Display), 2x AI Hydras (fr

10/19/2015, 11:28 AM	#2
whosurcaddie Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,354	Your calcium is precipitating out because you are dosing cal and alk too close together. You should do one in the morning and one at night.