Partly to bump this back up to the runners, but, also, as I have tried raising my Mg to rid me of the few trouble spots of byropsis, I wish to report back to the hungry masses.
I do not have access to the DIY versions mentioned with Mag Flake (when I asked at the German DIY, they looked at me as if I had ten heads. I only have nine, thank you!), so I used Bio-Magnesium (an expensive alternative!). My Mg was pretty low, at around 960, despite my weekly water changes, and I had noted my Ca was too high (which I believed was from my DSB dissolving). Also, the pH was a bit low, as was the Alk.
Now, why am I telling you all of this? In raising the Mg, which I only managed to get to 1450 or so, I noted a drop in the Calcium level, by about 100ppm. The pH and the Alk seem to have stabilized, as well.
Does this mean there is a correllation between the amount of Mg to Ca? Does this connect to the acid condition which kept my pH and Alk low?
I do not know, but thought I would pass it on.
By the way, the byropsis is doing just fine!
