Maintaining elevated magnesium levels

[jayellul]

yeah I'm starting to think that would be the easiest solution. atleast I can adjust it all in one go rather than having to slow the add it over time to continually try and bump it up after water changes.

Mate you will attain stability much much easier and reliably. Just pick a good salt mix!

[aidanmary]

what's a good salt mix? I've used blue treasure which is very inconsistent with its parameters and redsea coral pro which I had percipitation issues with as half the time even though I followed the instructions it would mix cloudy. I'm open to opinions on what would be a better alternative but in saying that i dont think it would be good to keep changing salt brands so often.

[jayellul]

Red sea blue bucket is the best

Blue treasures would probably be one if the worst

[aidanmary]

I might stick with the blue bucket and try mixing it to 1.026 go get the alk cal and mag slightly higher off the bat.

[jayellul]

I might stick with the blue bucket and try mixing it to 1.026 go get the alk cal and mag slightly higher off the bat.

I agree. Plenty of people have great success with this salt without fiddling around with it. I believe that's where people go wrong trying to fiddle too much chasing numbers.

[pyroay]

what's a good salt mix? I've used blue treasure which is very inconsistent with its parameters and redsea coral pro which I had percipitation issues with as half the time even though I followed the instructions it would mix cloudy. I'm open to opinions on what would be a better alternative but in saying that i dont think it would be good to keep changing salt brands so often.

I've moved from Red Sea (Mostly the Blue but also used Coral pro) to Ultimate Aquacare Marine Salt. Very easy to mix, very consistent and if anything i find its Magnesium levels high.
I have a 5,000 litre system and am dosing 8ml of Mag a day and its still around 1500ppm.
Alk is around 9.8 though

In a box as a 3 pack its even cheaper than the red sea salt too inc postage
http://ultimateaquacare.com.au/marine-r ... 0kg-boxes/

I dose Mg via my dosing pump too.
I've found that you need to have your Mg up to get your Ca and Alk up consistently.
Rod.

Agreed. My Mag is high and my Alk and Cal are always really stable.

[slavetonet]

Blue treasure sps salt have very high magnesium level at 1450ppm every time I mix it at 1.026G.
It is always fairly consistence for me in this 2 years old tank.
What can I say - the salt is decent enough for my sps tank.