Bradsreeeftank
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Im doing a red sea test kit for magnesium and i went through 9.5 ml of titran, so whats my reading?
Help me! trying to read mag level!
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roadrashpaul
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Roughly 1900. I would retest and try again.
Bradsreeeftank
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are you sure? because the numbers on chart only go up too 1600? and i didnt even use a whole syringe full?
roadrashpaul
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It's easy math man. Look at the chart. Every .2 of titrant used raised the mag level by 40 ppm. If you really used 9.5ml of titrant than it is pretty simple to do the math to figure out where your mag is.
Los
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Agreed, I had trouble testing Mag with Red Sea at first as well. I kept getting low levels and realized I wasn't reaching the full dark purple color that the RedSea test calls for. I would re test because with those results, your Mag is high. I believe there are youtube videos that you can watch to make sure you are testing Mag correctly. Good luck and keep us posted.
Bradsreeeftank
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Wait i thought your supposed to get a blue color? lol sorry im new!
rworegon
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I think you must mean .95ml. I've found that when I get close to the blue end color if I swirl the bottle a few extra times it will turn lighter. Then I add one drop at a time while swirling till I get a color that doesnt change. If you really did use .95 then roadrashpaul is correct. your level is 1900 ppm.
Bradsreeeftank
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Ok wait so is the final color supposed to be blue or purple? heres exactly what it look like when i got a BLUE color.
roadrashpaul
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It's hard to tell from your pic but if I am looking at it right you used .85ml of titrant not .95. That is if it was filled all the way to the 1ml mark. Your mag would then be 1700ppm which is still high.
