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Glad you're using a refractometer. I never used Brightwell products but have heard very positive comments about them. Maybe someone else can chime in who knows more about them.

 

I have never used Brightwell but if you just recently switched I would hold off on purchasing anything.Your salt will quickly raise your levels.
When I used CPS I was getting 425 calcium,9-10 Alk.,and a Mag level of 1300.

 

How long do you think I could hold off before I would need to add supplements? I just don't want to risk losing anything because my levels are low.

 

You should see a noticeable change after your next wc.
Your levels are not that far off.

 

Another point not mentioned is that since you are changing salt, try not to make a lot of other changes because you could have disaster on your hands simply from all the changes themselves.

Oftentimes a drastic alteration is necessary for various reasons but try not to be rash and move too quickly.

 

+1,I switched to coral pro from Oceanic and it raised all three Ca,Alk,Mag.

 

Sounds like I will give it a couple weeks to see if the levels increase. Would hate to start adding supplements and have the readings go off the chart and the tank crash. I have been keeping my salinity at 1.024 should I increase this so the other levels come up?

 

i love the brightwell line. I like teh brightwell magnesioun and the calcion. However with a softy tank, I agree with Vinney........I wouldnt focus to much on dosing yet. Keep up with the water chagnes with the new salt and i think the levels should catch up

I like to keep my SG at 1.025 to 1.026. On my smaller tanks I keep it lower at 1.024 to allow for evaporation, however 75g I would shoot for at least 1.025

 

Just thought I would post an update on my tank parameters. After a few water changes my tests results are.

salinity = 1.025
alkalinity = 8.7
calcium = 400
magnesium = 1200

I see that my alkalinity is a little high should I be worried about this or is this a product of me raising my salinity.

 

my goal of alk is 11-13. I would raise my alk to at least 10