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Old 02-27-2012, 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bignose View Post
Greg I send a email regarding this same question to Ocean Fresh Aquarium Products about their mixing instructions. Here is a quote of the email I got. If this is wrong and someone knows please speak up.

"Coral Grow mixing instructions


CA
The concentration that I use here is 72gram/liter of Calcium Chloride. CaCl weighs 194grams per cup. So add 1.5 cups to 1 gallon of ro water. Do be careful as it generates heat as it dissolves so only use cold water.

KH
The concentration that I use here is 84 gram/liter of Sodium bicarbonate aluminum free. It weighs 290grams per cup. So add 1 cup and 1 teaspoon to 1 gallon of ro water. Stir this until dissolved, heating it a bit may help as well. Dont add it all at once but do it gradually over five minutes while stirring constantly.
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Mg
The concentration that I use here is 55gram/liter of Magnesium Chloride. MgCl weighs 225grams per cup. So add 1 cup to 1 gallon of ro water and also add 1 teaspoon of deodorant free Epsom Salt.

Once you have tested your system and have the pumps properly set I would not change the concentrations of the mixtures.

For calculations I assumed there is 4 liters in a gallon."

Perfect thanks for the info.


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Originally Posted by MMAX View Post
I couldn't believe my mag and calcium were pretty much right on without any prior dosing. Must be the H2Ocean salt and regular bi-weekly 10% water changes. Alk was a bit low at 5dkH. I'm scratching my head on where to start and how much each day.
I'm somewhat in the same boat but my dkH is on the high side & I mean HIGH ( at least that's what my test kit said)
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