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is it necessary to have a dosing pump for magnesium i currently have a brand new dos that i want to set up for alk and cal dosing i was thinking of adding another for mag but not sure is it worth it or not
 

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is it necessary to have a dosing pump for magnesium i currently have a brand new dos that i want to set up for alk and cal dosing i was thinking of adding another for mag but not sure is it worth it or not

No. It depletes very slowly.
 
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sorry should have been more accurate my reason for asking this question was i was thinking about the extra dos due to the fact that im thinking about getting the trident so i can i use it for the control dosing on my apex
 

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I dose both calcium and alkalinity. ALK with a doser. Calcium by hand because variations here seem to have less effect.

For magnesium, water changes keep it pretty stable in my system.
 

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sorry should have been more accurate my reason for asking this question was i was thinking about the extra dos due to the fact that im thinking about getting the trident so i can i use it for the control dosing on my apex

Manual once a week or 2 weeks will certainly be fine. It is also fine to automate it based on alk or calcium dosing.
 

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