This is a "new" kalk product that professes to add Ca, Sr, & Mg hydroxides in the ratio of aragonite. The analysis is 54.2 % Ca, 1% Sr, .15% MG.
I understand where the manufacturer is coming from in those ratios vs. aragonite, but it seems to me that in dosing and trying to maintain NSW levels where MG is ~1300 ppm & Sr ~ 8 ppm, that this amount of Mg is completely useless and nothing more than marketing material. Any chemistry gurus have an opinion on this? I know from personal experience that dissolving real aragonite in a calcium reactor still often leaves one low on magnesium, and that things like coralline algae can draw much more mag than your average coral which probably helps skew the levels even tho you are dissolving what you think the coral wants.
Thx,
Jeremy
I understand where the manufacturer is coming from in those ratios vs. aragonite, but it seems to me that in dosing and trying to maintain NSW levels where MG is ~1300 ppm & Sr ~ 8 ppm, that this amount of Mg is completely useless and nothing more than marketing material. Any chemistry gurus have an opinion on this? I know from personal experience that dissolving real aragonite in a calcium reactor still often leaves one low on magnesium, and that things like coralline algae can draw much more mag than your average coral which probably helps skew the levels even tho you are dissolving what you think the coral wants.
Thx,
Jeremy
