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Do you have any links to studies or articles about magnesium levels in the home aquarium?That was me
Great conversation. Thank you.
To fill others in. A shrimp farm in Fl tried to raise salt water shrimp in fresh water all went well but eventually started to die. Reports showed they were just not getting enough nutrition. They added magnesium to the water and all was well. I thought about this alot before with experience with terestrial plants. Then the 3 am. talk. The bulb went off. Seahorses would be the first place to start.
I only have my experience with corals and the already proven of terestrial plants. I verified my possitive effects of proper levels of magnesium when I talked to a lab that delt with medications in FL. I had brought up the issue of mag. and that I heard about the Fl shrimp prodject. They confirmed it and were very courious how I knew about it.
Great conversation. Thank you.To fill others in. A shrimp farm in Fl tried to raise salt water shrimp in fresh water all went well but eventually started to die. Reports showed they were just not getting enough nutrition. They added magnesium to the water and all was well. I thought about this alot before with experience with terestrial plants. Then the 3 am. talk. The bulb went off. Seahorses would be the first place to start.
I only have my experience with corals and the already proven of terestrial plants. I verified my possitive effects of proper levels of magnesium when I talked to a lab that delt with medications in FL. I had brought up the issue of mag. and that I heard about the Fl shrimp prodject. They confirmed it and were very courious how I knew about it.
pledosophy
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I have never tested or dosed for magnesium IME. JME
greenighs
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One of the problems with raising seahorse fry is getting them proper nutrition. There's a propagation and rearing forum over on seahorse.org, I'll mention the magnesium connection and maybe someone will be willing to try adding it to their fry tanks.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8250521#post8250521 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by smpolyp
That was me
To fill others in. A shrimp farm in Fl tried to raise salt water shrimp in fresh water all went well but eventually started to die. Reports showed they were just not getting enough nutrition. They added magnesium to the water and all was well. I thought about this alot before with experience with terestrial plants. Then the 3 am. talk. The bulb went off. Seahorses would be the first place to start.
I only have my experience with corals and the already proven of terestrial plants. I verified my possitive effects of proper levels of magnesium when I talked to a lab that delt with medications in FL. I had brought up the issue of mag. and that I heard about the Fl shrimp prodject. They confirmed it and were very courious how I knew about it.
It seems that for some people, we can raise the fry to a certain point, then they start dying off. Or, if they survive, they are stunted. I'd like to find something that could help get us over the developmental hump, so to speak, and see more success with our fry.
It would be nice to see if it works.
For corals it is best to use a very pure sorce of magnesium chloride. With as much as it takes to raise it you don't want to be adding other elements in high quantities. For seahorses(That have alot of plants) it might be ok or better to use magnesium sulfate(epson salts). With magnesium at 9% for epson salts one would have to be testing sulfate to make sure it is not overdosed. Although the benefits of the extra sulfate maybe that the plants thrive on it.
For corals it is best to use a very pure sorce of magnesium chloride. With as much as it takes to raise it you don't want to be adding other elements in high quantities. For seahorses(That have alot of plants) it might be ok or better to use magnesium sulfate(epson salts). With magnesium at 9% for epson salts one would have to be testing sulfate to make sure it is not overdosed. Although the benefits of the extra sulfate maybe that the plants thrive on it.
The entire world revolves around seahorses. Everything - no matter how unrelated you may think - relates directly to seahorses. If you had a massive car accident, our thoughts would be ' who will feed your seahorses?' If I got laid off work, my thoughs would be 'Where can I house my seahorses, now that I have lost everything?':bum:
Seahorse do not have a stomach, so paying attention to nutrition is a must.
Magnesium is all but scientifically proven (in aquariums)to help with the absorbtion of nutrients.
Magnesium helps with the balance between calcium and alkalinity. Thus making a more stable and element available system.
Magnesium is all but scientifically proven (in aquariums)to help with the absorbtion of nutrients.
Magnesium helps with the balance between calcium and alkalinity. Thus making a more stable and element available system.
No thier do not seem to be any true scientific data. Thier is however several aquarist that believe magnesium is a great benifit in this way. The Florida shrimp prodject is probable the best example (see story above) on a direct connection with magnesium and diet. I would think that the plants in seahorse tanks would benefit also. Terrestrial plants and freshwater plant owners use magnesium for nutirent and element uptake. I'm not saying it will work 100%, but with all this I had to ask.
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