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Reef Chemistry Question of the Day [HASHTAG]#186[/HASHTAG]
There are a variety of dry materials that are suitable for supplementing magnesium to a reef aquarium, and while all are necessarily much less than half magnesium by weight, they vary in potency.
Rank order the following possible additives from most potent to least potent in terms of magnesium per unit weight.
A. Magnesium sulfate (anhydrous)
B. Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (Epsom Salt)
C Magnesium chloride (anhydrous)
D. Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (Mag Flake)
So a suitable form of the answer is something like
A>B>C>D
Good luck!
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There are a variety of dry materials that are suitable for supplementing magnesium to a reef aquarium, and while all are necessarily much less than half magnesium by weight, they vary in potency.
Rank order the following possible additives from most potent to least potent in terms of magnesium per unit weight.
A. Magnesium sulfate (anhydrous)
B. Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (Epsom Salt)
C Magnesium chloride (anhydrous)
D. Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (Mag Flake)
So a suitable form of the answer is something like
A>B>C>D
Good luck!
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