MAG sighting...

[MIKE NY]

MAG pellets at the East Meadow Home Depot, 50lbs for $16.97

 

[Mattl22]

What they for ?

 

[MIKE NY]

I've been using it for years for dosing Mg...it's reef safe and ALOT cheaper than buying the liquid bottles.

 

[Mattl22]

Gonna check my mag tonight I don't check to often because the test is kinda annoying to do

 

[albano]

Gonna check my mag tonight I don't check to often because the test is kinda annoying to do

+1 I always wait for a few corals to die...then I check Mag!



Nice find Mike, gotta check my local HD

 

[Mattl22]

+1 I always wait for a few corals to die...then I check Mag!



Nice find Mike, gotta check my local HD

Albano obviously if I saw any issues with my corals I would test everything
Right now everything is looking great sps polyps fully extended
I think you should be able to get a feel for your tank by looking at the corals and test when needed not every day jmo


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[Mattl22]

Also I do weekly water changes


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[fishman1069]

You can use Epsom salt from the pharmacy for mag! Take a 64oz($2.95) container and mix with 1 gal of RO water. Its Randys DIY formula. I usually add 2 1/2 cups every month or so.

 

[MIKE NY]

I was actually using epson salt for awhile years ago that Randy recommended, but later writtings by him and others say that there maybe problems caused by the long term use of it so I switched to MagFlake or pellets

 

[fishman1069]

Thanx for the info Mike! I just started using the Epsom salt and only dosed about 5 times in the past 5 months. Do you have a link for that info?

 

[aagresti]

my local home depot (totowa, nj) has Road Runner ice melt. its a mixture of calcium chloride and magnesium chloride. has anyone used/tried this for the Mg dosing?

 

[MIKE NY]

fishman1069....they are old articles in the chemistry forum on RC ..I'll see if I can find a few...

aagresti...I wouldn't recommend using it..there maybe some harmful trace elements not listed..MAGFLAKE or pellets by DeadSea Works is the only one that I know of that has been tested and safe to use...

 

[anen]

Anyone want to split a bag? Please pm me

 

[MIKE NY]

here is one article I found...it basically says that there can be a build up of sulfates..scroll down to the DIY section
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-07/rhf/index.php

 

[aagresti]

I've been unable to find MAG FLAKES in NJ, so I started looking for a alternate supply of cheap magnesium chloride. it just so happens that I have a bag of ice melter in my garage called Freeze Guard which is 100% magnesium chloride hexahydrate. It's produced by the North American Salt company and their website was shown on the bag. I took a chance and called them asking for information on the impurities. I left my name with someone in their customer support group who told me she give my name to someone in their technical support group. They actually called me back and I explained that I wanted to make an aqueous solution for a saltwater tank to dose magnesium and needed to know if there were any impurities. She actually spoke to the director of research and was told that they actually sell directly to several on the aquariums in Las Vegas and its fine for saltware use. there are zero phosphates in it, but there can be trace amounts of Nitrates (as it does come out a salt mine from a dried up lake). the current product is called Safe Step Extreme 8300.

just thought i'd share this info, obviusly use at your own risk

 

[aagresti]

I forgot to mention it, it's sold by Ace hardware, 50lb for $31.99, and you can get it shipped to your local store for free