All my fish are dead
 

I was trying to raise my Mg I mixed 1 1/4 pre made Mg(epson salt) into my
sump. Could this have killed my fish?
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
ph 8.4
Calcium 300
MG ?????

"LARRY KIMBLEY II" wrote in message
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I was trying to raise my Mg I mixed 1 1/4 pre made Mg(epson salt) into my
sump. Could this have killed my fish?
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
ph 8.4
Calcium 300
MG ?????


Looks like it did.
1 1/4 *what*?
Milligrams- cups?
Pounds?

Are you testing for Mg?
Never ever add anything you have not tested for.



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Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm

1 1/4 cup of liquid. I mixed 8 cups of dry epson salt with 1 gallon of ro
water. I had added 1 gallon (1 drip per sec) of limewater. also 1 gallon
of buffer(baking soda). The web site I got this mix from said you should add
1 1/4 cup mg after adding the limewater and buffer water. All my fish were
alive until I added the 1 1/4 cup mg.
I have a 125 gallon tank with a seaclone 150(modified for better skimming) a
wet to dry filter, and 3 200gph power heads in the tank fo circulation.
I have emptied 75 gallons from the tank is this enough to fix the water
issue?
"Toni" wrote in message
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"LARRY KIMBLEY II" wrote in message
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I was trying to raise my Mg I mixed 1 1/4 pre made Mg(epson salt) into my
sump. Could this have killed my fish?
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
ph 8.4
Calcium 300
MG ?????


Looks like it did.
1 1/4 *what*?
Milligrams- cups?
Pounds?

Are you testing for Mg?
Never ever add anything you have not tested for.



--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm

Are you sure that website recipe wasn't for pickled herring?

"LARRY KIMBLEY II" wrote in message
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1 1/4 cup of liquid. I mixed 8 cups of dry epson salt with 1 gallon of ro
water. I had added 1 gallon (1 drip per sec) of limewater. also 1 gallon
of buffer(baking soda). The web site I got this mix from said you should
add 1 1/4 cup mg after adding the limewater and buffer water. All my fish
were alive until I added the 1 1/4 cup mg.
I have a 125 gallon tank with a seaclone 150(modified for better skimming)
a wet to dry filter, and 3 200gph power heads in the tank fo circulation.
I have emptied 75 gallons from the tank is this enough to fix the water
issue?
"Toni" wrote in message
.. .

"LARRY KIMBLEY II" wrote in message
news:K0Xld.7335$pP5.750@trnddc05...
I was trying to raise my Mg I mixed 1 1/4 pre made Mg(epson salt) into
my
sump. Could this have killed my fish?
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
ph 8.4
Calcium 300
MG ?????


Looks like it did.
1 1/4 *what*?
Milligrams- cups?
Pounds?

Are you testing for Mg?
Never ever add anything you have not tested for.



--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm

"Ludwig" wrote in message
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Are you sure that website recipe wasn't for pickled herring?



That's why I couldn't comment on what happened- I couldn't understand why so
much of so many things was added all at once- without discussion of any
parameters.

Wonder what website this came from?


--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm

"LARRY KIMBLEY II" wrote in message
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My calcium was at 100 ppm. So I had been looking for a good kalkwasser to
bring it up. I found a web site that list it was the same as the over the
counter two parters. Well now after being upset at the loss of all my
fish,
I realized that I have to be able to test for a chemical before adding
(Mg).



Calcium of 100 is pretty suspect- I would double triple verify that test
kit.
Any water made with any salt mix has to have more than that.

Have you been adding loads of buffer?
What is your alkalinity?
If the parameters are that far off I'd suggest lots of water changes to
bring everything back into balance.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm



--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm