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I purchased a CA, KH and Mag test kits yesterday made by Reef Factory. Today I did a comparison of the CA Reef Factory test kit against the Salifert test kit.
First its packaged well; one thing I did notice was all the chemicals were liquid and there are 3 of them. Pics below.
Salifert has 2...
When I had a similar problem with my leathers everyone said my puffer and hawkish were the problem. I got rid of them and still had the problem . I started testing Calc, alk, and mag. Mag was low, alk and Calc all over the place. I added a doser and once the parameters stabilized my leathers did...
Not sure what types of coral you have other the toadstool but two things stand out for me:
1) calcium seems low, Coraline can be consuming it
2) Nitrate seems kind of high IMO
Research well on LED lights. Mine were a good price but don't seem to have that pop of color and I added an extra light I had laying around.
Also, when you do please start a thread in Equipment Conversation about the lights.