Verify Randy's Magnesium Recipe

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I'm in need of more magnesium and tried to go to Randy's recipe here:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php
And it's not loading.

What I think I remember is 3 cups of Epsom Salt (MgSO4) and 5 cups of MAG Flakes (MgCl). Could someone please verify that is correct. Thanks.
 
Loads now, but yes, and this is that section:

Recipe #1, Part 3: The Magnesium Portion

The magnesium portion gives us two options, with Part 3A being preferred from an aquarium chemistry standpoint. Pick one and follow the same dosing directions regardless of which version you select.

Recipe #1, Part 3A

Dissolve Epsom salts (3 cups) and magnesium chloride hexahydrate sold by the Dead Sea Works company (5 cups) in enough purified freshwater to make 1 gallon total volume. There will likely be a precipitate that forms even if you fully dissolve both ingredients separately. That precipitate is calcium sulfate (calcium as an impurity in the magnesium chloride and sulfate from the Epsom salts). It is fine and appropriate to dose the precipitate along with the remainder of the fluid by shaking it up before dosing.

This solution is added much less frequently than the other two parts. Each time you finish adding a gallon of both parts of Recipe #1, add 610 mL (2 ½ cups) of this stock solution. You can add it all at once or over time as you choose, depending on the aquarium's size and set up. Add it to a high flow area, preferably a sump. In a very small aquarium, or one without a sump, I suggest adding it slowly.

The first time it's added, I recommend adding just a small portion and making sure there isn't any problem (such as corals closing up due to stress) before adding the remainder. Make sure corals and other organisms don't get blasted with locally high concentrations of the main ingredients or impurities, or else they may become stressed. This solution contains about 47,000 ppm magnesium, 70,000 ppm sulfate and 86,000 ppm chloride.
 
Thanks Randy. And for some reason the site still isn't opening for me. No other problems with other sites.

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Clear your cache and try again. I've since found out I can't get to any reefkeeping.com sites.
 
That could be it. I’m on my phone now and it seems to not
load.

For any future needs, putting the url into the way back machine site always pulls up usable copies. I’ve done that a number of times.
 

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