how often are u dosing mag
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reefaboo
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What else could be the possible explaination ? I only do water changes once every two weeks and these results of usage has been pretty consistent even between water changes
Hi Randy,
Thanks for the feedback, if I boosted the salinity with my WC water, wouldn't that alter the total salinity in my tank?
Is it helpful to boost the mg if I dose the mg in the SW that I use for WC or is no different than I dose to the tank directly?
Thanks for the feedback, if I boosted the salinity with my WC water, wouldn't that alter the total salinity in my tank?
Is it helpful to boost the mg if I dose the mg in the SW that I use for WC or is no different than I dose to the tank directly?
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There is none. Magnesium is NEVER consumed rapidly. It is always about 1/10th of calcium consumption, or less.
Testing error is, however, quite common.
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I actually meant raising the salinity in the tank.
As to dosing the new salt water, that is the plan I did for many years. I added a fixed amount every time. I never dosed the tank, and never needed to measure magnesium.
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I have not dosed mag in years my weekly water changes was handling it and holding around 1350-1400 so I had hit up Randy about not having to dose mag after our talk I decided to test my mag and it was at 1260 to my surprise so now I dose 20ml twice a week to stay at 1320.
