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08-01-2007, 01:00 AM
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Mg question and help
i have been trying to raise my Mg for awhile. today it is at 1170, my ALK is at 10 and CA at 400. alk and ca are always stable and put zeomag media in my calcium reactor about a month ago but my Mg is still low. any ideas anyone?
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08-01-2007, 01:06 AM
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Odd, I thought the low pH in the reactor was supposed to help melt off the Mg. I'm running zeomag as well and so far it hasn't really done much either. Then again I can't seem to get the reactor set properly
  I wonder if you're supposed to get the levels up to where you want it and then the zeomag just maintains it??
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08-01-2007, 01:32 AM
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i'm not adding anything to bring the Mg up just running zeomag in the reactor. but maybe like christy said i need to bring the level up and then the media will maintain it.
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08-01-2007, 01:36 AM
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Try using Seahem's Mg powder, it worked very well for my 29g. Raised it from1230 to 1400
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08-01-2007, 02:32 AM
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I would suggest running more in the reactor Colin,
Prior to adding it to my reactor mg was 1000, now its 1400 @ 10 %. Make sure your at 10% mg to Ca media, if its not where you want it run 20 %. I bet a higher alk would counter raising Mg to some degree, but im unsure how much. My DKH is 8. Marc.
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08-01-2007, 03:06 AM
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I use the Mg from littlesilvermax here on the site. It works very well when I have to raise my Mg levels. It is very inexpensive and you should have some on hand anyways. just for the times you have to bump it up a bit. He will ship it to you as well.
Just my .02 Rick..........
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08-01-2007, 03:21 AM
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Can you tell me more about zeomag? Or where I can find literature on it? Without knowing what zeomag is (doh google, why must you fail me now?), my best guess would be to bump up the level manually, and use your reactor to maintain the levels.
Then again Fudge seems to have a really good idea as well...
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08-01-2007, 04:58 AM
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if you have large tank and small reactor you would have to add more than 10% to maintain 1500ppm eh. thats just what found
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08-01-2007, 06:54 AM
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All i know is that magnesium is SOB to raise.
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