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five.five-six
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The top white layer in your CARX, is that magnesium?
Kamoer peristaltic pump on a shelf I secured to the deck.
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BeanMachine
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Yep. :beer:
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I have no real coral at the moment but yes. They recommend about 10 percent Remag to 90 Reborn if I remember right.
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five.five-six
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I use the ARM version that has the MG built into the agragate but at their ratio. Which means you cant/dont have to adjust it.
I just monitor MG and adjust as needed with mg chloride and or Mg sulfate.
Sisterlimonpot
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Do you know if it dissolve at the same rate?
BeanMachine
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That I am not sure of. Maybe someone else can answer that.
Here are the product details-
Rinse ReMag briefly in tap water. Add ReMag to a calcium reactor at a ratio of 10% ReMag by volume to 90% ReBorn (or other aragonite media for calcium reactors) to replenish the calcium, magnesium, strontium and carbonate alkalinity that corals and coralline algae utilize to form their skeletons. Used as directed, ReMag easily maintains the ideal magnesium concentration of 1280 - 1300 mg/l in marine aquariums at a salinity of 1.025 - 1.026. If the magnesium concentration is lower than ideal, increase it first by using Two Little Fishies Magnesium Concentrate or Magnesium Pronto. After achieving a level of about 1300 mg/l, use ReMag in a calcium reactor to maintain the concentration. The coarse size of ReMag (5 - 10 mm) allows for unrestricted water flow and easy diffusion of carbon dioxide, for maximum efficiency and easy maintenance of the reactor. ReMag is soluble at a pH of 6.5. Even at typical aquarium pH values it is slightly soluble, so ReMag can be used in a sandbed to help maintain the magnesium level in the water. ReMag does not add chloride or sulfate ions that disturb the ionic balance of the water. Top off the reactor with more ReMag as needed. If ReMag does not maintain the magnesium concentration, do not reduce the pH inside the calcium reactor. Simply increase the ratio of ReMag:Reborn, but do not exceed 25% ReMag by volume as it could raise the alkalinity too high.
solitude127
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It does not. When I go to refill my reactor with reborn, there are still come pretty big chunks of remag in there as well.
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Bean's 300 Gallon AGE Build
Playing with more toys.
I converted an AquaMaxx xl media reactor into a secondary chamber for the CalRx.
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Playing with more toys.
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Leak check.
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Sisterlimonpot
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Well, either way, it is certainly a better way to maintain magnesium.
BeanMachine
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I made a little frosted acrylic shield for my Tunze 8850. Glued some acrylic together and a sealed magnet set I had from Alternative Reef. It blends pretty nice since the light source is so narrow. I can't raise it up any higher than it is inside the sump compartment so thought I would try this.
The rock nems extend crazy big when the lights are off at night but when they are on they are they shrink into the pipes mores than I'd like. So between blending the light and reducing the par I'm hoping they respond well and open up further.
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The rock nems extend crazy big when the lights are off at night but when they are on they are they shrink into the pipes mores than I'd like. So between blending the light and reducing the par I'm hoping they respond well and open up further.
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solitude127
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Yes, definitely easier to maintain mg with these. First time I filled my CaRx, I added too much because my mag was about 1450 so definitely a trial and error to get the right amount to out in there
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That's a lot of RFA!
