dosing calculator on rc, need help here.

whats my water at shawn oh wait u havent  tested my water  lol j/k

 

Sean

I would not use epsom salts only.....epsom salts ar magnesium Sulfate and if you use only the epsom salts you run a good risk of getting to much Sulfate in your system....that is not good!

It should be 7 1/4 cups a magnesium chloride and 3/4 cup epsom salts to 1 gallon of water. That is the formula for a good balanced magnesium supplement.

Hope that helps....

Eins

 

Actually I was wrong...here is the formula for using both parts
These come from Rany Farleys column and directions from 2 part solutions
This is defintely the one to use!

Recipe #2, Part 3A

Dissolve Epsom salts (3 cups) and magnesium chloride hexahydrate (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.

This solution is added much less frequently than the other two parts. Each time you finish adding a gallon of both parts of Recipe #2, add 305 mL (1 ¼ cups) of this stock solution. You can add it all at once or over time as you choose, depending on the aquarium's size and set up. Add it to a high flow area, preferably a sump. In a very small aquarium, or one without a sump, I suggest adding it slowly.

The first time it's added, I recommend adding just a small portion and making sure there isn't any problem (such as corals closing up due to stress) before adding the remainder. Make sure corals and other organisms don't get blasted with locally high concentrations of the main ingredients or impurities, or else they may become stressed. This solution contains about 47,000 ppm magnesium, 70,000 ppm sulfate and 86,000 ppm chloride.

eins

 

Hmmm, why am i using the 7 1/4 mag to 3/4 epson salt recipe? I must need to do more research....i could have sworn i was using the right one.