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@Randy Holmes-Farley, Do you think this product will be able to deliver the appropriate amount of magnesium that it claims to do?
I dosed the Red Sea ABC+ powder with Colors C and D for one year.Thanks Randy!
@Randy Holmes-Farley, Do you think this product will be able to deliver the appropriate amount of magnesium that it claims to do?
Maybe I'm missing something, but despite the claims this product doesn't actually do anything for addressing magnesium does it?
Mag and cal components cannot be combined correct?
Sure they can. Even commercial two parts do it. My diy two part does not because that reduces the number of different chemical ingredients you need to buy.
Hypothetically speaking is there a diy two part that is starving parent friendly (2 in college) that can be dosed with a 2 head unit yet keep alk, cal, and mag in line? I have been considering esv 2 part but recently started to also look at the diy route.
Note - not really starving parents but two in college does change the budget
Yes, Jim Welsh and others have developed such a recipe. It needs sodium sulfate, at a minimum, in addition to the other ingredients. No mag sulfate needed. Maybe someone can post the link.
That said, you should not need to dose magnesium often at all, and the mag part one a week to once a month may be perfectly fine.
Whats great about it is that is does not contribute to ionic imbalance, at least not the carbocalcium, I dont think the all for reef would either, maybe randy would know. It should not effect ph either.I use this and their carbo calcium adding 4ml every other day alternating.
I use it as a supplement to my normal dosing. Does it change anything?? - NOT sure but I do know it is stable and feel it contributes to the stable levels.
Someone suggested I dose the All For Reef. Because my chaeto kept dying. Also my calcium was dropping quite rapidly. I think this product contains iron. Also I noticed it contains a lot more calcium than alkalinity. This product doesn’t seem to raise alkalinity at all. Before dosing my calcium was at 380. Dkh was at 9. A day after dosing this all for reef. Calcium jumped up to 420 and stayed at 9. This all for reef seems confusing because parameters aren’t stable when using it. You need to use the balling part a and b also. Which is the calcium and the alkalinity. So if you notice alkalinity is dropping then you should dose the all for reef and add a little bit more of the balling B. Which is the alkalinity. That way you get a little bit more alkalinity and you also get the trace elements and the magnesium. It’s just very confusing and expensive when you can just dose everything separately anyways. All for reef won’t help you get your levels to where you want them.