Mg & Ca supplements

[CloudReefer]

Hi all, Ca and Mg dropped a ton while fighting some dinos (I won! so far anyway...) and are at 390ppm Ca and 1140ppm Mg. I just need to get both of those up without affecting pH, alkalinity or adding too much chloride or something else. I use All for Reef and just need to get my levels up and make small adjustments from time to time.

There are a ton of products on Randy's calculator - which ones are best for my application? You'd think this would be easy to search for but I haven't gotten the answers I'm looking for. Maybe my google-fu is weak. lol

Thanks

 

[lapin]

I would start with what’s avail at your LFS.
Take the calculator there and pick out what you need .

 

[CloudReefer]

I would start with what’s avail at your LFS.
Take the calculator there and pick out what you need .

My main LFS didn't have any Mg or Ca that I saw on the shelves and with traffic a LFS stop during the week adds 45-60 minutes minimum to my commute. Would rather order it at this point.

 

[Pod_01]

That is interesting question:

I just need to get both of those up without affecting pH, alkalinity or adding too much chloride or something else.

I suspect there is nothing available that meets all of that.
Ca additives containing something mainly chloride.
Mg is the same and for example TM Bio-Magnesium has sodium, potassium and 70 trace elements…

Extra chloride you can correct with water change over time, the other extras as well.

Regardless good question, I am following along. Maybe there are some alternative methods.

 

[ReeferFive-0]

Would Reef Fusion 1 work? I have only used Reef Fusion 2 to bring up alkalinity and have not had to dose anything to bring up calcium and magnesium yet.
Reef Fusion

 

[Pod_01]

Would Reef Fusion 1 work?

It will increase Ca, but it has other things as well:

Interesting they don’t mention chloride, I am sure it is there as well.

 

[CloudReefer]

I understand there won't be no impact to alk, ph, chloride levels etc.
I am just trying to make sure I don't kill anything.

My first thought was to use calcium chloride and magnesium chloride hexahydrate to make these adjustments, but I don't know how much chloride (chlorine?, ammonia?) will be added to the tank.

Then I figured kalk, but I would prefer to leave my alk right where it is.

So then I figured I'd buy a manufactured product to get things in line while I did more research, so that's kinda where I'm at.

 

[19Mateo83]

Brightwell aquatics magnesion and calcion should do what you need. Just adjust over the course of about a week and you should be fine. I stared out with reef code A&B before I started all for reef, these have no trace elements added so it’s safe to use with A4R.

Magnesion - Liquid Magnesium Reef Additive

Brightwell’s MagnesION is part of a complete system for maintaining the major elements. The liquid forms are ready for use in a dosing pump and when coupled with Alkalin8.3 and CalcION, it is convenient and simple to maintain stable levels of each of these critical components. Overview...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Calcion - Liquid Calcium Reef Additive

Brightwell’s CalcION is part of a complete system for maintaining the major elements. The liquid forms are ready for use in a dosing pump and when coupled with Alkalin8.3 and MagnesION, it is convenient and simple to maintain stable levels of each of these critical components. Overview...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

 

[BigMonkeyBrain]

You can add more chloride without any harm.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I provide diy recipes for magnesium supplements here:

Do-It-Yourself Magnesium Supplements for the Reef Aquarium by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

Any suitable brand or diy that is calcium chloride is suitable for the calcium increase.