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Old 12/08/2007, 05:08 PM
marino420td marino420td is offline
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question about raising Magnesium using Tech M

My Mg level is 1150 and I want to raise it to 1350. I have a 200 gallon system. How much Kent Tech M can I safely add daily to raise this level?

The label says to use 1ml per gallon per day but I believe I read that I can dose more.
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Old 12/08/2007, 06:11 PM
oct2274 oct2274 is offline
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oh, you are soooo going to love this

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html

follow the instructions. there are two different strengths of kent Tech M so find out which one you have by reading the output of the tool and dose accordingly.
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Old 12/08/2007, 09:53 PM
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I'd raise it no more than 100 ppm per day. In this case, I'd probably go with three doses over three days.
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Old 12/09/2007, 08:25 AM
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I agree with bertoni 100%, i have used Tech-M for over 3 years and never had any problems.
though i have never heard of two strengths of Tech-M, i use the one gallon container premixed.
www.marinedepot.com has it cheaper than any site ive searched.
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Old 12/09/2007, 10:55 AM
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Old 12/09/2007, 11:08 AM
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I swear if you overdose you are going to be scraping coralline off EvERYTHING...
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