the part where you talk about how Mg is used by corals in the place of Ca helped me out at TON. my Ca is low right now and my Mg keeps dropping and I didn't understand why until this video.
Thanks for the video and I learned something today. Out of all the test kits, I probably am guilty of not testing magnesium as much as I should. This video helped me understand chemistry better. I'd like to see a video on how important it is to test and dose trace elements in our tanks and if it really important outside of what trace elements we may get in the salt we may use.
My vote is for Potassium and Iron. I understand they play a very important role in reef chemistry. I believe it's Justin Credabel that advocates testing and dosing of both Potassium and Iron/Manganese for enhanced color and vitality in reef tanks. I just thought you might be able to better explain their purpose and possibly desired parameters a little more clearly.
Can you do a video on how you take your pictures or videos? i use my samsung s8 and pic and its really good and clear but i would like to know how u do it and ur video setup areas for those closeups.
Are corals susceptible to magnesium flactuations?Are there any ill effects to lets say raising magnesium fast via dosing and if so what would be a safe raise per day.Thanks.
I'm always curious about how much carbon plays a part in atripping elements like magnesium and needed proteins from the water column. Have you ever tested these chemical levels before and after carbon usage. I feel some people over use carbon.
Strontium and potassium tests are so annoying.. Strontium because it also registers as calcium so you end up testing for both to get an accurate result with the strontium test. Potassium is just a very involved test especially if using the red sea kit.
Does ppm of Mg also tired to Salinity? One period, my tank salinity is 1.021, ppm of Mg always is 1050~1080. No matter I dose Ca/Mg reeftonic from "aquarium systems".
I've had very high levels of magnesium before and I didn't have any specific issues. In my experience it is more important to keep chemistry as stable as possible rather than chasing numbers, but long term, I try to trend everything towards NSW levels.
Wait wait wait there wasn’t anything inside your syringe. You were pushing an air bubble in the video. Yeah your plunger stopped at a certain point but there was no reagent inside the syringe so that wasn’t an accurate measurement. I know this because I have the same problem
If you pull the plunger until the 1ml mark and then push it to the 0.2 ml mark you will be putting 0.8 ml to the solution even if there is a bubble on the top, that doesn't matter unless you start getting air OUT the tip instead of the regent
the part where you talk about how Mg is used by corals in the place of Ca helped me out at TON. my Ca is low right now and my Mg keeps dropping and I didn't understand why until this video.
Thanks for the Video! Do Potassium next! How do you feel about higher than natural seawater levels of Potassium?
Please do a video for important trace elements
Thanks for the video and I learned something today. Out of all the test kits, I probably am guilty of not testing magnesium as much as I should. This video helped me understand chemistry better. I'd like to see a video on how important it is to test and dose trace elements in our tanks and if it really important outside of what trace elements we may get in the salt we may use.
Thanks for clarifying such an important subject
The relationship between Alk and Nitrates would be a great vid.
I would like to see how dosing iodine helps my reef tank and how I should test for it.
Oh and another great video Than!!
which pellets are you feeding to those Blastomussa in this video.
Id love a good video on Potassium, which is a VERY neglected nutrient
Thanks Than - enjoying the chemistry videos.
Looking forward to potassium and iodine.
My vote is for Potassium and Iron. I understand they play a very important role in reef chemistry. I believe it's Justin Credabel that advocates testing and dosing of both Potassium and Iron/Manganese for enhanced color and vitality in reef tanks. I just thought you might be able to better explain their purpose and possibly desired parameters a little more clearly.
Is there a one stop shop test kit for all corals???
Can you do a video on how you take your pictures or videos? i use my samsung s8 and pic and its really good and clear but i would like to know how u do it and ur video setup areas for those closeups.
What role does strontium and molybdenum play in the triad of calcium, alkalinity and magnesium? Thanks.🤔
Mr T!!!!! Superb Video . Thank you for Making these Videos :)
Super help video like normal I did my first ever magnesium test today and I emptied the entire syringe than it went blue.
Great video.
can you do a video about bacteria for corals and zeolite?
Are corals susceptible to magnesium flactuations?Are there any ill effects to lets say raising magnesium fast via dosing and if so what would be a safe raise per day.Thanks.
I'm always curious about how much carbon plays a part in atripping elements like magnesium and needed proteins from the water column. Have you ever tested these chemical levels before and after carbon usage. I feel some people over use carbon.
I would like to see a video over ph swing. morning to night and how far it can alter. effects of changing ph ect.
Next PH-Strontium-Iodine-Potassium with Salifert test kits
Strontium and potassium tests are so annoying.. Strontium because it also registers as calcium so you end up testing for both to get an accurate result with the strontium test. Potassium is just a very involved test especially if using the red sea kit.
Matt Weber
Hi Than, left my lfs yesterday with a 1700 mag level. Calcium 420 and Alk 11, so thise were fine. But what harm can my high Mag level cause? Thanks
Nice Video!
Does ppm of Mg also tired to Salinity? One period, my tank salinity is 1.021, ppm of Mg always is 1050~1080. No matter I dose Ca/Mg reeftonic from "aquarium systems".
Very nicely edited and informative too 🤗
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Great info and vid.. The Sony Underwater Action Cam which model is it /
I have the Sony FDR-X1000V. I'm going to be selling it soon because I don't have any more dive trips scheduled this year (I upgrade every so often).
time for me to take out a loan and make an offer lol.. I cant watch your videos without wanting to break the bank on a good dslr camera
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I use the Neptune Systems Trident to monitor all my parameters.
what about high levels of magnesium 1590+ppm is there any ill effects long term
I've had very high levels of magnesium before and I didn't have any specific issues. In my experience it is more important to keep chemistry as stable as possible rather than chasing numbers, but long term, I try to trend everything towards NSW levels.
How to reduce it? If Magnesium too high.
trace elements please and amino acids
What about chlorine level
Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other
Wait wait wait there wasn’t anything inside your syringe. You were pushing an air bubble in the video. Yeah your plunger stopped at a certain point but there was no reagent inside the syringe so that wasn’t an accurate measurement. I know this because I have the same problem
If you pull the plunger until the 1ml mark and then push it to the 0.2 ml mark you will be putting 0.8 ml to the solution even if there is a bubble on the top, that doesn't matter unless you start getting air OUT the tip instead of the regent
Mg was the key for me. Once Mg was stable the growth took off.
Iodine and boron
Someone has been watching matts reef
I literally have the exact same magnesium as you but my kh is much higher
Watching this video after testing my magnesium… it was at 990 🤦🏻♂️
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Pronounced, sal-e-fert. Not sale-e-fert.
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