battling leaching Po4 with gfo.

[reeferkeeper420]

Ok so i shoud test my all when my lights are about to go off and when theure about to come on? I wasbtold in another thread that light wont affect alk? Or am i way out in left field with all this lol

 

[pulpfiction1]

been 100% led for years now.
Coraline grows out of control at times here

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[curiousphil]

Ok so i shoud test my all when my lights are about to go off and when theure about to come on? I wasbtold in another thread that light wont affect alk? Or am i way out in left field with all this lol

You heard correctly - light won't affect alk.  Two different unrelated questions .  The alk is important to check, but the lights I was wondering about more out of curiousity than anything.  And yeah if you can get two measurements of alk at those times that will give a good idea of how stable it is daily.  Also try to get another measurement or two over the next two days at the same times to see how stable the level is over time, as it is consumed by corals and replenished however you replenish (dosing, calc reactor, etc).

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Ok i tested last night and it was 8.4...with the red sea test donu stop adding the reagent once u see ot turn slightly red or does it have to be deep red.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Just wondering so i get a accurate reading.

 

[curiousphil]

Hard to say for sure, but as long as you do it the same way every time that is what matters.  So say you measure 8.4 at light red, 8.8 at deep red.... both values are fine, so you just need to make sure that you do the test the same way and ensure it's stable at either 8.4 or 8.8.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Ok thats what i figured. And so far no swings it stays stable at 8.4, and mg is steady at 1380.. why so high? Could it be from using H20 salt? Is it bad if the Mg is that high? Thanks for all the help
Riley

 

[curiousphil]

I'm pretty sure that's a fine value for mg, nothing to worry about.