Overdoes

[ReeferTang44]

I might have over dosed magnesium is that a problem please help!!!! I was supposed to dose 18-20 but the cap popped off and spilled into the tank and probably did around 35 :( $&@&?!? ( not a bad word just ahhhhh) silly me that’s what I get for doing it over the fish tank. Will it be OK?

 

[fishyjoes]

18-20 and 35 what? Milliliters?
What was your magnesium level and what level were you trying to achieve?
What's your tank size?
Magnesium levels don't matter a whole lot unless you get way out of control. You can just do a water change to bring it down.

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For perspective, I have a 25 gallon system, and dosing 60ml magnesium (a mixture of magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate) raised my reading by 50 (from 1350 to 1400)

 

[Canned55]

^^

“The solution to pollution is dilution”

 

[Science/G]

Water change

 

[Adamc13o3]

Test first before you do anything. Magnesium isn’t really that important. Randy just made a thread on how to never test magnesium lol.