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Old 08/09/2007, 03:32 PM
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Originally posted by JetCat USA
you run into the same issues with the use of just MgCl with it being the chloride ions that get imbalanced.
What does a choride imbalance do? I thought the ESV liquid Mg was magnesium choride.

Quote:
Originally posted by IPT
I seem to recall reading something about "farming" that recommended higher Alk (~12, and lower Ca ~320) for faster growth.
I don't think that would work. Higher Ca almost always equals higher growth. Acros in my tank grew like grazy with high Ca. with my Ca at 500 and Alk at 8 dKH I was able to pull a good 30 frags (min size 1 1/2") a month out of my 180.
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