Nano Reef Aquarium

After plenty of measuring and adding additives on a daily basis my levels are now within respectable levels. Magnesium 1380 Alkalinity 9.0 calcium 420 Just checked the levels a week after achieving these readings and levels remain stable. I will now continue this weekly check and add when necessary . Carrying out regular checks, i now add any additive that is required. this makes the overall running of the marine aquarium much easier, just top up any depleted chemicals. The overall appearance and well being of inhabitants appear much happier.

It has been about a week since i last posted, so here's an update. I Have been adding magnesium to my aquarium and is now at 1170, i think in about another week it should be at about 1300, then i can work on raising the calcium level as it is very low at the moment at 310. As guided by fellow reefers on ultimate reef only one should be raised at a time in the order of magnesium, alkalinity , then calcium. I have a new addition this week also. I found a lovely matched pair of percula clowns and decided to exchange my lonely percula clown to this matched pair from a local fish shop.

In one of my early posts i displayed my aquarium levels and addressed that the magnesium was low. I set to increasing this with the use of a fluid additive, and later discovered that this only increased it very slowly and i would need loads to achieve the desired effect. I know have purchased 1.2Kg of seachem advantage magnesium in the form of crystals. I will be adding 10 grams per day over the next 20 days to achieve a desired magnesium level of about 1300ppm following the manufactures instructions. I will post my results in the next couple of weeks. Here is a great resource for reef calculators

Having to purchase marine aquarium additives can become very expensive, so which should you go. In my opinion i have come to the conclusion that Powder is the way to go! why? It's cheaper and seems to make more impact. It just seems to me that with a fluidised additive you are paying for the service of RO mixed to the additives, yes it is easier to use, but is it worth the extra cost? I think not. I would think that the shelf life would be longer also although i can not prove this. Do be careful also when purchasing these additive to the amount they raise for example my magnesium is low, so i went out and purchased a additive that raises this in fluid form. Big mistake as it is really only raises it slightly. If this level was at a satisfactory level then this product would have been fine as i would be a ble to correct it slowly. If i had red the instructions properly and had a better understanding this mistake would not have been made. The lesson i learnt was to properly re...