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Old 02/01/2007, 09:33 AM
Mooch18 Mooch18 is offline
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Should i add Mag, or wait??

Hey guys,

I had a thread a week ago, stating my calcium was around 550 ppm (salifert test kit). My Alk at the time was around 10 dKH.

I was told that my calcium would probably drive down my Alk a bit, as well as magnesium and strotium. Well, it has. My levels as of a few days ago read.....

8 dKH (AP test kit)
1130 Magnesium, which was normally around 1300-1400 (salifert test kit)
??? Strotium (no test kit)

I started adding C-balance (Alk part) to lower my calcium levels and compensate for my loss of Alk. so far it's working well at dosing 30-35 ml per day. My calcium has come down to around 500, and alk has gone up to 9 dKH.

My question is, should i raise mag at the same time and slowly increase, or should i wait till calcium and alk get in balance?? Im dosing the Alk every morning, so was thinking i could dose Mag mid afternoon or nightime. Or would dosing mag right now just screw things up in terms of chemistry??

Thanks a ton.

PS: I have held of dosing Kalk till things get back to normal.....
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