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    Mine is low, went to mix up some more magnesium chloride/sulfate from BRS, but somehow it got humidity in the containers b/c it hardened up. I am going to order more, but I need to raise my mag, so I was curious what locally available supplements everyone is using.
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    Bump! I'm interested too. I started dosing two part B-Ionic a few months ago and my Mg drifted to 1260. So I figured I'd do a few extra water changes to bring it up. Out of curiosity I checked the freshly mixed Oceanic and it was 1245 with Salifert or 1300 with Red Sea. That's no way to bring it to my target 1310 - 1350 range. BTW, what level do you shoot for?
    Big whorls have little whorls, Which feed on their velocity;
    And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity

    Lewis Richardson in 1922

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    Default Magnesium Supplement

    I have a mag. Mix makes on gallon, pm me if interested


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    Question: Can you adjust Magnesium level all at once then maintain, or should it be done gradually?
    Big whorls have little whorls, Which feed on their velocity;
    And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity

    Lewis Richardson in 1922

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    I would do it Gradually, u don't wanna shock ur tank..


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    That's what I normally use. I picked up some Aqua Vitro Ions for now to see how it works.

    Don't raise your mag more than 100ppm/day. Ions actually tells you not to do it more than 50ppm/day, maybe because of the other additives it has, boron and strontium.

    I normally try to keep mine around 1300-1400ppm.
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