Tell me about magnesium!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by dunl

It's in the trunk of the Jetta right now, but I'll post either a pic or a list of the ingredients tomorrow for everyone. You're more than welcome to grab some of this if you want to try it out, Greg.

Still have 20lbs of Mag flake from ChemMasters at the moment but defiantly would like to know what you picked up.

Tony, when Littlesilvermax was closing out he told me that he did sell all is knowledge and recipes to someone on CanReef so maybe they will pick up where he left off. HINT HINT if you are that person & are reading this

[Aquattro]

Tony, that explains a lot, thanks. I suppose with my tank still in it's infancy, things might change as the corals take up more Ca/alk, but I've never measured and needed to add. I'll watch it now that I have a test kit, and perhaps I'll need to add some media, as I'm guessing having a large reactor has so far spared me from this stuff.
And ok, 47 tonnes might have been a bit of an exageration

So you aim for higher than 1350ish?? Like what, 1500ppm?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

I blame it on DSBs

Steve

Well, ya, but today's LED systems should counter that, no?? -lol

[Doug]

Since my reactor days, I have added magnesium, { following Ben,s formula}, to my IO salt mix. Thats kept mine over 1350ppm, usually just over 1400ppm. I,m currently trying some Seachem salt, that has higher mag levels.

When I ran my co2 reactor, found the same results as Tony using Carib Sea ARM. Levels always stayed up, so it must give a decent amount of magnesium also.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Well, ya, but today's LED systems should counter that, no?? -lol

well, less heat = less evaporation + reduced need for fans. so ya salt creep should be reduces and make up is reduced so it might

Steve

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

So you aim for higher than 1350ish?? Like what, 1500ppm?

I aim for 1450ish. Happy with any reading from 1400 to 1500.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Tony, when Littlesilvermax was closing out he told me that he did sell all is knowledge and recipes to someone on CanReef so maybe they will pick up where he left off. HINT HINT if you are that person & are reading this

One can only hope. I have to admit that after the minimal amount I just ordered from BRS and the price doubling to get it shipped (AND it hasn't arrived yet almost two weeks later) that the thought occurred to me that if the void isn't filled soon that I'll just go ahead and fill the void. I'm hardly a master of anything so I'll just call my little enterprise ChemClutz.

So if that person is indeed reading this ... get on with it!!

[don.ald]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I'm using Reefer's Best, but my last tank, running IO, had similar levels.

off hand do you know the Mg reading in RBS salt?