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My 120 gallon btw

Also flow through My 20 gallon refugium will be turned off since the pump will be off.

If I drain the overflow box and redo the bulkhead then I have to let it dry for at least 24 hours which means I can’t run the tank/filters/oxygenation, correct?

Thanks. I will try to get in touch with the manufacturer and see what they say.

Over the years I have developed a bad seal which drains my main display tank from an overflow box into PVC drain pipes. I get a slow leak. I have used silicone multiple times and it will usually slows down and eventually stops. If the drain pipe gets bumped it can break the seal and I have to start over. Is there a better/faster way then schlopping silicone over a wet seal? (This is one of my two drain pipes. The other one on the other side of the tank does not leak.)

Also when I re-calibrate my Milwaukee monitor with 1.000 calibration fluid to zero , my 1.026 calibration fluid actually reads 1.034. My 1.025 calibration fluid reads 1.030. The online refractometer manual doesn’t say what to do about this.

My tank water reads 1.024 based on my Milwaukee refractometer salinity unit. That is where I keep my tank at. The water change water always reads 1.024 before I add it. That is what he reads right now Tank still reads greater than 500 calcium. Water change water reads 425. Salinity unit it reads zero with R/O DI water. But I just found standard salinity solution from Brightwell that I didn’t realize I had which is 1.0264 specific gravity. My refractometer reads this as 1.032. So based on this information, I guess the 1.024 reading of the tank and make up water is incorrect. I will have to recalibrate the refractometer. In the meantime, the calcium level is fine in my make up water and still too high in the tank water and both have the same salinity. Tank must be sucking up calcium from the atmosphere? IDK. I must’ve just been overdosing it somehow. Although I checked the volume of my calcium and alkalinity dosers and these are correct. 80 mL of alkalinity and 80 mL of calcium, ESV B-ionic Component 1 and component 2. Both bottles diluted with R/O water as instructed. Have been using this dose for a few years With normal Calcium and Alkalinity levels. Although I had a bionic doser that broke several months ago and now I have a Versa unit for calcium and Kamoer unit for alkalinity. Dosed slowly at different times of the day. And I checked the output and they are both correctly at 80 mL like the old doser was. Maybe somehow it just gives too much and I will have to reduce it and that will solve all of this.

Haha. Good advice.

Maybe I should test my R/O water and also my water change water for Calcium and Alkalinity and magnesium.

I haven’t does magnesium in about a year and it’s very high now for some reason.

I did not trial the dosers but I should do this. Have not dosed calcium for about six weeks now. Still getting >500. If the line was clogged then maybe the calcium would be low not high. Calcium and Alkalinity are dosed separatly using different pumps and at different times. And have been using Salifert tests for years and understand how much to pull up with the lower part of the stopper ending at the 1.00 mark with some air below it and reading at the “upper part” of the stopper with it “upside down” at the end. Always got “expected” levels for many years (20 years?). Maybe I’ll stop adding all additives and keep testing the calcium/alkalinity/magnesium until it gets to normal. It’s been many weeks. Hope I am not depriving the corals of these important elements if I do this.

My salinity is 1.024 and I make sure the salinity is 1.024 of the new water when I do my water change. The salinity does creep up to 1.025 at times. I have been adding Kent Marine Microvert for a couple of years now. I started adding Kent Marine Coral Accel about six months ago when I got several new Corals and just kept using it. It says use Microvert a few times a week and I use it maybe once every one or two weeks and it says use Coral Accel every day and I use it maybe every one or two weeks. So I’m not sure this is adding much

I have been using Brightwell salt mix in 150 gallon buckets for many years. When Marine Depot went out of business a few months ago I grabbed a bunch of 50 gallon bags of the exact same Brightwell salt and have been using those 50 gallon bags since. Could there be a big difference in these salt mixes causing this issue?

Also, I haven’t dosed magnesium in eight months to a year.

Odd readings. Mg:1485. Usually runs around upper 1200s. Alk: 14.1 dKH or 5.02 meq/L. Usually runs around 7 dKH and 2.5 meq/L. I did add a new Versa pump for calcium and Kamoer pump for alkalinity couple months ago but no change in amount dosed (unless pump is not dosing as I have set). And I have only had R/O water with no calcium in the calcium pump for about 6 weeks now due to the high calcium levels. I have some receding of my Lobo and I was worried that I was losing it but seems to be getting better after started spot feeding Goniopower. (Got that for my Goniopora).