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					Originally Posted by  asmodeus
					 
				 
				Ok who has heard this I hear that our Desmond  AKA DEZ has been jacking the magnesium up in his tank and in return causing his corals to grow like mad..  I know from seeing his pictures that they lok like that they are growing fast.  Dez Can you chime In 
			
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 Hey Mike,
Nothing major.  I have a lot of water volume (approx 320 gallons), so it takes me a lot of magnesium to raise my levels.  I'm currently running it at about 1300 - 1350ppm.  When I first started testing, my Mg was under 1200 so it took about 10 lbs of magnesium to raise it to my desired levels in the course of one week.  I test every 2 weeks and if it's low I raise it.  I only raise it max 100 ppm at a time.  This means I put about 4 cups in one shot.  My corals do grow fast but I keep it at acceptable ranges.  It seems that my tank consumes a lot of Mg though.  Since December I've put about 20 lbs of Mg in my tank (from Littlesilvermax).
Hope this helps.
Des