DIY For Manganese

[Bohicas Reef]

Any one find a good DYI manganese mix up?

 

[rishma]

Manganese Dosing

diy iron and manganese supplement​

Is there a good way to dose iron and manganese? Since the commercial iron and manganese supplements don't state how much is actually in them, I'd like to make a diy one. We test our water twice a month and found that our gonioporas do much better if our iron and manganese levels are...

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diy iron and manganese supplement​

Zinc sulfate is 40% zinc by weight. Is the manganese sulfate hydrated? MnSO₄ - 4H₂O, thanks

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diy iron and manganese supplement​

Zinc sulfate is 40% zinc by weight. Is the manganese sulfate hydrated? MnSO₄ - 4H₂O, thanks

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[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I also recently found good bulk manganese gluconate that I might use in future recipes.

BulkSupplements.com Manganese Gluconate Powder ​

 

[Bohicas Reef]

I also recently found good bulk manganese gluconate that I might use in future recipes.

BulkSupplements.com Manganese Gluconate Powder ​

Oh nice. So what would be the ratio mix be for it?

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

I also recently found good bulk manganese gluconate that I might use in future recipes.

BulkSupplements.com Manganese Gluconate Powder ​

I’m curious as to the potency/mixing calculations on this one as well. I accidentally ordered some that I had placed in my cart with my normal order

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

That product is 25% manganese by weight.

Dissolve 1 gram of the solid material in 1 L of RO/DI. That solution contains 250 mg of manganese, so the concentration is 250 mg/L or 250 ug/mL.

Adding 1 mL to 250 L of tank water will boost aquarium manganese levels by 250 ug per 250 L or 1 ug/L.

@Randy Holmes-Farley would the above be the correct information for the bulk supplements powder? I don’t know if it’s anhydrous or ? I’m chemically inept and not very good at finding this sort of detail any longer.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Manganese gluconate is 12.4% manganese by weight.

Dissolve 1 gram of the solid material in 1 L of RO/DI. That solution contains 124 mg of manganese, so the concentration is 124 mg/L or 124 ug/mL.

Adding 1 mL to 100 L of tank water will boost aquarium manganese levels by 124 ug per 100 L or 1.24 ug/L.

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

Manganese gluconate is 12.4% manganese by weight.

Dissolve 1 gram of the solid material in 1 L of RO/DI. That solution contains 124 mg of manganese, so the concentration is 124 mg/L or 124 ug/mL.

Adding 1 mL to 100 L of tank water will boost aquarium manganese levels by 124 ug per 100 L or 1.24 ug/L.

Thank you Randy! You need one of those buy me a beer links in your signature!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thank you Randy! You need one of those buy me a beer links in your signature!

Lol

I think you can mix it with ferrous gluconate. If you do and anything visible happens, let me know.

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

Lol

I think you can mix it with ferrous gluconate. If you do and anything visible happens, let me know.

Perfect I’ll give that a shot! I was just about to make a new Fergon based iron batch anyway

 

[bcarl77]

Did you guys try this? What is the best manganese supplement that people are using to improve bioavailability?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Did you guys try this? What is the best manganese supplement that people are using to improve bioavailability?

I’m not sure how anyone would assess bioavailability, but there are a number of manganese diy that will work well.

 

[bcarl77]

@Randy Holmes-Farley, is there a preferred supplement? I am not able to maintain adequate Mn with dosing the RM Mn and looking for a DIY replacement.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Sure. These are from the diy thread at the top of this forum:


Manganese Dosing
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-for-manganese.1084418/#post-13137396
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-iron-and-manganese-supplement.213509/#post-2892924https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-iron-and-manganese-supplement.213509/page-3#post-4167953https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-iron-and-manganese-supplement.213509/page-3#post-4219619

 

[bcarl77]

Thanks Randy, I am currently dosing 0.5ug/L of maganese through the RM Moonshiners supplement. Do you see any potential issues of switching to Mn Gluconate dosed a ~1ug/L daily?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thanks Randy, I am currently dosing 0.5ug/L of maganese through the RM Moonshiners supplement. Do you see any potential issues of switching to Mn Gluconate dosed a ~1ug/L daily?

Nope. :)

 

[bcarl77]

Nope. :)

Thanks Randy. I assume this shouldnt be an overdose risk?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thanks Randy. I assume this shouldnt be an overdose risk?

No. It depletes fast.

 

[PMorgan]

I also recently found good bulk manganese gluconate that I might use in future recipes.

BulkSupplements.com Manganese Gluconate Powder ​

Hello Mr @Randy Holmes-Farley
If you wouldn’t mind I could use some help
My ATI results want me to correct
Potassium (result 382.2mg/l) and Manganese (result not detectable)
I bought potassium chloride and manganese gluconate from bulk supplements how much should I mix in 250ml and dose to my tank 90 gallons
They also want me to dose iodine and iron I bought the feet on tablets and Luigi iodine I think I can figure those out hopefully
Thank you for your time !!
Xoxoxoxo

 

[PMorgan]

Whoops “Fergon”