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![]() Good point Tony, what are you using now for salt? When you say 100, is that 100 ppm? And how do I figure that out, 1400-1000=400 then 14 cup / 4 = 3.5 cup a day?
I was told about a brand of salt that comes in a 5 gal bucket like IO Reef Crystals but makes 240 gals of saltwater @ 1.026 but can't remember the brand. I think it might have been _______ salinity. I will have to source out bulk chem's locally and see what I can find
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![]() And how much RO water do you dissolve in per cup?
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![]() Greg, you know what I find is that Elos tests on the low side for Mg. In my situation I have about 1250 with Elos and Salifert has my Mg at 1400.
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![]() I tried the Salifert kit a while back and got the opposite levels. Plus I found the Elos to be an easier test.
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![]() Hey Greg,
Tony is right, once you get it up to 1350-1400, then it is much easier to maintain. I don't think you should increase more than 100 per day. Since you are so low, I would probably do 50 per day, and spread it out over the week. I use Seachem dry mag, as it is cheap... There are other ones as well, but don't use anything that is premixed. you will go BROKE!!!
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I hear ya on the premixed, after ChemMaster shut it down I was hoping who ever he sold his info to here on CanReef that they would start up selling. I tried to get it but was to late as I would have started where hevleft off.
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![]() Hey Greg, in the first few months of getting my tank up and running I dumped close to 80 lbs of Mg from Chem Master into my tank. I've come to the point where I don't even premix in RO water anymore. I just dump a few cups of Mg from Chem Master right into the sump.
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http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html It is a great site, and will tell you exactly what to dose.
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![]() Quote:
you are probably thinking about Aquavitro Salinity. It has a lower moisture content than other salts. Makes 225 gallons out of it's 5 gallon pail. But it's heavy - 65 lbs/pail. That's what I'm using. Red Coral carries it.
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![]() Recently purchased mag chloride (Dead Sea Works) and calcium chloride (94-97%) from Univar. Service was excellent and worked out to just over $1/lb including shipping to Kamloops.
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