There are a lot of manganese recipes scattered around this forum with different stock concentrations and chemical compounds. I’ll try to have them all in this thread.
Manganese (II) Chloride Tetrahydrate.
“Let's suppose your target is 165 ng/L, which is a typical ocean value (it varies a lot). Triton uses a set point 10x higher.
100 gallons is 379 liters.
So a NSW value of 165 ng/L x 379 L = 62,535 ng (0.063 mg) in your tank.
Manganese(II) chloride tetrahydrate is 28% manganese by weight.
Dissolve 1 gram (which contains 280 mg actual manganese) in 2.8 L fresh water. Manganese = 280 mg/2.8 L = 100 mg/l.
Thus you want 0.063 mg/100 mg/L = 0.00063 L or 0.6 mL added to the 100 gallon tank to match typical NSW levels.
Below is the thread with the original post by Randy:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/manganese-supplement-for-goniopora.798944/post-10751720
Manganese (II) Chloride Tetrahydrate.
“Let's suppose your target is 165 ng/L, which is a typical ocean value (it varies a lot). Triton uses a set point 10x higher.
100 gallons is 379 liters.
So a NSW value of 165 ng/L x 379 L = 62,535 ng (0.063 mg) in your tank.
Manganese(II) chloride tetrahydrate is 28% manganese by weight.
Dissolve 1 gram (which contains 280 mg actual manganese) in 2.8 L fresh water. Manganese = 280 mg/2.8 L = 100 mg/l.
Thus you want 0.063 mg/100 mg/L = 0.00063 L or 0.6 mL added to the 100 gallon tank to match typical NSW levels.
Below is the thread with the original post by Randy:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/manganese-supplement-for-goniopora.798944/post-10751720
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