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06-25-2007, 12:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Yeah, but very scarey, for a person trying to figure it all out...WoW, I really don't know much about my tank, for having it for such a long time  As long as I keep the "guppies" alive, I guess I'm doing pretty good! | 
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06-25-2007, 12:12 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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All you really need to do is test before and after you add any supplements. Each tank is different and will respond different due to the load in the tank. Just break down now and get the test kits you need then start adding supplements. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
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06-25-2007, 12:14 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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OK lacking in the basics of chesmitry, I ask, Which stuff is it that lowers pH and what raises it? | |
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06-25-2007, 12:27 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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This will help you get a understanding on chemistry. Chemistry and the Aquarium
There is also Mg that works in this equations. | |
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06-25-2007, 05:30 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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06-26-2007, 06:15 PM
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| | Plankton
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I've read different ways to mix mag,here is one from RHF.
Recipe #1, Part 3A
Dissolve Epsom salts (3 cups) and magnesium chloride hexahydrate sold by the Dead Sea Works company (5 cups) in enough purified freshwater to make 1 gallon total volume. There will likely be a precipitate that forms even if you fully dissolve both ingredients separately. That precipitate is calcium sulfate (calcium as an impurity in the magnesium chloride and sulfate from the Epsom salts). It is fine and appropriate to dose the precipitate along with the remainder of the fluid by shaking it up before dosing.
A lot more on Mg Magnesium in biological systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-27-2007, 05:19 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 630, IL Age: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dngspot  You do not need to balance the sulfate with the mag. Just add the mag chloride. | thanks that is what i was looking for. | |
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