Hello Reefers,
1) Why do I have to dose way more Magnesium compared to Alkalinity and Calcium?
2) What is the beast way to raise Magnesium in salt mix during storage (Red Sea Blue Bucket)?
My tank is a 5 gallon nano containing mostly LPS and a few softies. I plan to add SPS Montipora in the future.
I use Red Sea products, Blue Bucket Salt with liquid Magnesium, Alkalinity and Calcium for dosing.
Regarding Question One:
I have been testing Mag, Alk, and Cal with Salifert Text Kits daily.
I'm trying to figure out how much to dose and get an idea of what is going on.
My goal is to maintain 1350 Mag, 9 dKH Alk, and 440 Cal.
On average, I am having to daily dose 6 ml Magnesium, 1 ml Alkalinity, 0.3 ml Calcium.
It seems like a lot of Magnesium and dosing that much affects salinity.
It seems that Magnesium drops from 1350 to 1320 daily. This requires 6 ml of Magnesium to bring it back to 1350.
Why do I have to dose so much Magnesium? Is this normal? Or is something wrong?
Regarding Question Two:
Because of the above, I test my salt mix and try to raise it to my goal of 1350 Mag, 9 dKH Alk, and 440 Cal.
After mixing to 1.025 it tests at 1220 Mag, 8.5 dKH Alk, and 435 Cal
The very slight low level of Alk and Cal is not a problem.
But I would like to raise the Magnesium to 1350.
I premix my salt and store for up to a month (this is why I do not use Rea Sea Pro).
Using Res Sea liquid Magnesium to raise it takes a lot and I'm not sure it stays stable.
Is there a better way to raise Magnesium in salt mix for storage?
Right now I am manually dosing, but I would like to setup auto dosing once I get this figured out and stable.
1) Why do I have to dose way more Magnesium compared to Alkalinity and Calcium?
2) What is the beast way to raise Magnesium in salt mix during storage (Red Sea Blue Bucket)?
My tank is a 5 gallon nano containing mostly LPS and a few softies. I plan to add SPS Montipora in the future.
I use Red Sea products, Blue Bucket Salt with liquid Magnesium, Alkalinity and Calcium for dosing.
Regarding Question One:
I have been testing Mag, Alk, and Cal with Salifert Text Kits daily.
I'm trying to figure out how much to dose and get an idea of what is going on.
My goal is to maintain 1350 Mag, 9 dKH Alk, and 440 Cal.
On average, I am having to daily dose 6 ml Magnesium, 1 ml Alkalinity, 0.3 ml Calcium.
It seems like a lot of Magnesium and dosing that much affects salinity.
It seems that Magnesium drops from 1350 to 1320 daily. This requires 6 ml of Magnesium to bring it back to 1350.
Why do I have to dose so much Magnesium? Is this normal? Or is something wrong?
Regarding Question Two:
Because of the above, I test my salt mix and try to raise it to my goal of 1350 Mag, 9 dKH Alk, and 440 Cal.
After mixing to 1.025 it tests at 1220 Mag, 8.5 dKH Alk, and 435 Cal
The very slight low level of Alk and Cal is not a problem.
But I would like to raise the Magnesium to 1350.
I premix my salt and store for up to a month (this is why I do not use Rea Sea Pro).
Using Res Sea liquid Magnesium to raise it takes a lot and I'm not sure it stays stable.
Is there a better way to raise Magnesium in salt mix for storage?
Right now I am manually dosing, but I would like to setup auto dosing once I get this figured out and stable.