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trent51593 · 05-16-2008, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bogie

Are these sulfides in the sand the result of adding magnesium sulfide (epsom salt) to raise your magnesium level?

Good question, im thinking probably not because I just started to add it maybe 3 days ago and its been there before that. But we can wait for a guru to chime in on that.

Tangster · 05-16-2008, 03:18 PM

No its Hydrogen sulfide that cause the black sand .. Thats why a DSB would gag a maggot and smell like death warmed over when one is broken down after a yr or two.. It smells like boiled eggs and Budweiser (: and a hot sausage or two tossed in to get it brewing (: Every living thing is reduced to this when it dies an rots away.

ChunkLightTuna-inOil · 05-17-2008, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Tangster

No its Hydrogen sulfide that cause the black sand .. Thats why a DSB would gag a maggot and smell like death warmed over when one is broken down after a yr or two.. It smells like boiled eggs and Budweiser (: and a hot sausage or two tossed in to get it brewing (: Every living thing is reduced to this when it dies an rots away.

+1 on that.