Magnesion-p

[Stuartskegz]

Hi reefers,
I've just mixed up 8 teaspoons of brightwell magnesion-p with 16floz in ro water and added it all to my tank??? Have I messed up???
Tank size 40 gallon.
Thanks for any help.

 

[MnFish1]

Hi reefers,
I've just mixed up 8 teaspoons of brightwell magnesion-p with 16floz in ro water and added it all to my tank??? Have I messed up???
Tank size 40 gallon.
Thanks for any help.

1. How do the things in the tank look?
2. What was the Mg level before you added it?
3. You overdosed by about 4x. at one time - BUT - you can add the recommended amount (2 teaspoons) every other day) depending on the Mg level. If I were you - I would get a Mg test.
4. You could do a 20% water change if its high - every other day or so - until the Mg is within the recommended limits.

FYI - I do not think you will have a problem. But - the key is 'what is your Level 'now'. A piece of advice - I assume you didn't have a Mg level before - but its best to not dose something for which you don't have a level.

 

[GoVols]

Hi reefers,
I've just mixed up 8 teaspoons of brightwell magnesion-p with 16floz in ro water and added it all to my tank??? Have I messed up???
Tank size 40 gallon.
Thanks for any help.

From reading the instructions it looks like that is just over 5 xs the dosage of a 40 gallon. Think it should have been 1.5 teaspoons.

I'd dump it and just run fresh RO/DI top-off water.

Just dose magnesium on an as-needed basis.

1350ppm to 1400ppm is a good magnesium range

Use either the Aquaforest or Salifert magnesium test kits.

 

[MnFish1]

From reading the instructions it looks like that is just over 5 xs the dosage of a 40 gallon. Think it should have been 1.5 teaspoons.

I'd dump it and just run fresh RO/DI top-off water.

Just dose magnesium on an as-needed basis.

1350ppm to 1400ppm is a good magnesium range

Use either the Aquaforest or Salifert magnesium test kits.

Do you mean do a 100% water change? Curious - just didn't understand 'just dump it'

 

[Stuartskegz]

1. How do the things in the tank look?
2. What was the Mg level before you added it?
3. You overdosed by about 4x. at one time - BUT - you can add the recommended amount (2 teaspoons) every other day) depending on the Mg level. If I were you - I would get a Mg test.
4. You could do a 20% water change if its high - every other day or so - until the Mg is within the recommended limits.

FYI - I do not think you will have a problem. But - the key is 'what is your Level 'now'. A piece of advice - I assume you didn't have a Mg level before - but its best to not dose something for which you don't have a level.

Hi mate, I've attached a video.
My levels with a salifert test was 1260 and wanted to raise it to 1450.
The tub says add 4 teaspoons to 8 fl oz of water which is 4 cups basically for every 20 gallons. I doubled it as it's a 40g tank and added it to the tank. ????

 

[MnFish1]

Hi mate, I've attached a video.
My levels with a salifert test was 1260 and wanted to raise it to 1450.
The tub says add 4 teaspoons to 8 fl oz of water which is 4 cups basically for every 20 gallons. I doubled it as it's a 40g tank and added it to the tank. ????

Unfort - due to a glitch in R2R - I cant see the video - the key is 'what is your Mg Now. My guess is its 'fine'. And if not perfect - its not 'dangerous' for anything. Again - I cant see the video you're recommending