dosing magnesium with a pump?

[702reefer]

curious if any of you dose mag with a dosing pump?

 

[MikeB]

I only dose Mag when I do water changes. I will mix the Mag in with the water bringing it up to the correct level over the course of 24 hours while the saltwater is mixing.

 

[gparr]

Mg dosing is such an intermittent thing that I doubt you want to feed it to the tank on any kind of consistent basis with a pump. I also dose Mg primarily at water-change time.
Gary

 

[firsttime]

Mg dosing once a month , I just pour it in. I dont think you need a pump to do it.

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Mg dosing is such an intermittent thing that I doubt you want to feed it to the tank on any kind of consistent basis with a pump.

Agreed.

I used to dose it on a pump... ONLY because I had a four pump doser and had an unused pump I removed it because it dosed such a small amount, and I didn't want to have any other risk factors in my system (IME/IMO any automation is a HUGE risk factor - simply cannot trust them, everything is bound to fail at some point).

 

[beaslbob]

My initial magnesium dosing was after years of operation on my 55g.

Magnesium had dropped to 700-800. I added literally pounds (like 3-4) of epsom salts.

Magnesium got up to 1350 and everything seemed unaffected.

What I do now is add the 300ml of part 3 from the diy two part to my 1 gallon calcium. So that there is 1g total.

That seems to keep the magnesium pretty close.

then measure ever 3-4 months or so.

my .02