|
|
|
|
|
#1
02-04-2006, 10:44 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
DIY Magnesium
Rick
I bought 11 lbs of this http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=16549 from LittlesilverMax in November 2005 and I have just finished using it up!!! Bev is gonna be so proud of me  cuz I had to continuously supplement to maintain my mg level around the 1350 mark. Like the other Mg supplements (commercial and DIY) they are not very "potent" in terms of Mg concentration. I've heard and read this from many users now. Eg. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=22279 refers Another friend used the Salifert product in a bottle and after dumping in the entire bottle, it raised their mg level by about 75 ppm!!! I don't know who is crazier - me or this hobby? Its gonna be pricey to maintain mg levels in a high demand sps tank. Imagine 11 lbs of mg into my system in three months  Like another one of my feeble group buy attempts, I tried to get a large shipment out here to cut down/split on the shipping costs.... i think i'm just gonna give up on group buys from herein  But I'm going to buy 30-40 lbs in the next month or so in order to have a year long supply of magnesium.
__________________
____________ If people don't die, it wouldn't make living important. And why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. 
|
|
#2
02-05-2006, 12:35 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Well i added another half jar today, will test and add the other half tomorrow. I am thinking that if my reactor can't keep up with the Mg levels then so be it, I'm not dumping anymore 11$ jars in. My corals grew fast before I added the Mg....
__________________
Brennan
|
|
#3
02-05-2006, 03:19 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I have also heard of people using - I think - dolomite stones - Steve help- in their Calcium Reactor to maintain Mg. I have quite a few SPS corals in both my large aquariums and don't really have to fiddle with it that much and when I do I use the Seachem.
You may want to consider switching salts if that is an option - it might be cheaper in the long run. 
|
|
#4
02-05-2006, 05:58 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Hey, Brennan I just found two jars of seachem reef advantage magnesium sitting here if you want them. I don't know when I'm coming down to Duncan though. You coming to Nanaimo anytime soon?
__________________
Christy's Reef Blog My 180 Build Every electronic component is shipped with smoke stored deep inside.... only a real genius can find a way to set it free.
|
|
#5
02-05-2006, 03:56 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Thanks for the offer Christy, I am up there every so often, usually to get a ferry or something. Let me wait and see what happens once I get my levels up, I might try the dolomite trick. Basically I am looking for laziest way to maintain the levels.
__________________
Brennan
|
Hybrid Mode
