Proper magnesium and calcium concentrations are important to a healthy reef environment. Interestingly, coralline algae that normally packs a large amount of magnesium into their calcium carbonate deposits (>4 mole percent magnesium carbonate, or >1% magnesium by weight) has been shown to incorporate less magnesium when the magnesium content of the water is reduced. My calcium levels stay around 400 ppm and my alkalinity tests between 180-240 ppm with test strips (hard to tell). Similarly, [Hiller][29]18 reported 0.4% by weight magnesium for a quarried limestone and 0.26% magnesium for Nature’s Ocean brand crushed coral. When calcium carbonate skeletons are deposited, magnesium often gets into the skeleton in place of calcium. Magnesium carbonate is a more complicated issue, as it is near its solubility limit in seawater and may quickly get coated with a less soluble magnesium calcite. i cant be a COMPLETE idiot cos some PARTS are missing! Magnesium and carbon dioxide in a natural, biologically available ionically balanced form. Calculate the total system water volume, taking care to take into account the volume of live rock, external filters and sump tanks present. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. What is the role of Magnesium in the reef aquarium? Doing so can be accomplished a number of different ways. So I bought some Seachem Reef Salt, and did a 25% water change. Macroalgae (all types of desirable algae). Magnesium might be compared to a large lake, with the lake level only slowly responding to changes in inputs from rivers and export via evaporation and the outlet. i would like to know the negative effects of magnesium being too high in a reef tank . Those supplements made by ESV, Seachem, and Kent are quite popular, although I’ve not seen any detailed analyses of them. Marine fishkeeping history. I fought off filament algae in one of my smaller reef tanks by bringing the magnesium level to 1800 a few years ago. New Zealand's best supermarket deals in New World mailer. Two Sizes Available: 16 oz (1 pound) 48 oz (3 pounds) Instructions: The natural concentration of Magnesium is 1280-1300 ppm.Calculate the total system water volume and begin by measuring the magnesium… I would not suggest raising magnesium by more than 100 ppm per day, in case the magnesium supplement contains impurities. Compounding the issue is the simple fact that there is so much magnesium in an aquarium that significant supplementation requires a great deal of material. Jzhou New member. Joined Oct 11, 2017 Messages 107 Reaction score 148 Location Calgary. Most reef aquarists try to maintain approximately natural levels of calcium in their aquaria (~420 ppm). Chloride, another very common ion, is actively rejected by organisms, and most other ions are substantially concentrated. For comparison, singly charged ions like sodium have only 3-4 tightly bound water molecules. So higher alkalinity equates to higher carbonate. Whatever supplement you choose, I’d suggest targeting the natural seawater concentration: 1285 ppm. I will start out by saying I NEVER test Mag, I know I should but with Hanna's I always have a hard time breaking out my Red Sea kit for the Mag. salifert test kits- calcium,magnesium,alk- help! These issues will be detailed more in future articles. One thing to keep in mind about magnesium supplements is that they are all necessarily quite “dilute” even when presented as dry solids. Corals are fine, but I think I can get more growth out of my sticks if the magnesium was a couple hundred points lower. In some cases, most notably that of limewater (kalkwasser), it is not clear that all of the magnesium present in it actually makes it into aquaria. If your goal is to maximize coral growth, then Coral Pro combined with our reef care recipes will enhance growth up to four times their natural rate. Magnesium is significantly lighter than calcium, so when compared on a weight basis, it is only about 3 times as concentrated (1285 ppm vs. 420 ppm). Red Sea’s MAGNESIUM PRO Reef Test Kit is an advanced titration test, measuring the level of magnesium in your reef aquarium to an exceptionally high accuracy of 20 ppm. It is also intimately involved in a great many biological processes in every living organism. Bad QC with reagents? The main thing happening in normal seawater is likely the impact of magnesium (though phosphate and organics may play an important role in some aquaria).24 This is the point that magnesium gets onto the growing surface of the crystal, essentially poisoning it for further precipitation of calcium carbonate. As is discussed below, the amount of magnesium getting into calcium carbonate skeletons is a function of how much magnesium is in the water. 440 ppm, magnesium approx. Different sources of calcium carbonate have different amounts of magnesium in them. Ideal Calcium Levels for Saltwater Reef Aquarium. But what does that have to do with a reef aquarium? Without this ion pairing, seawater pH might be significantly higher, and more susceptible to diurnal (daily) swings. Many Calcium … The primary way involves magnesium poisoning the surface of growing CaCO3 crystals, slowing the precipitation. JavaScript is disabled. Example for 100-Gallon Aquarium. magnesium and strontium are delivered to aquaria in limewater, reactors or as the raw material for making calcium, reef aquaria with rapidly calcifying organisms, artificial or natural seawater used to set up the aquarium, solution prior to addition to the aquarium, natural seawater and probably similar to that in many reef, abiotic precipitation initiates in the aquarium, carbonate from both seawater and aquarium water, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/apr/bio/default.asp, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/features/1/default.asp, http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rhf/feature/index.htm, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/aug/bio/default.asp, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish/library/articleview2.asp?Section=Aquarium%2BFrontiers%2B–%2BBiochemistry%2Bof%2BAquaria&RecordNo=1571, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish/data/foods.asp, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/jul/bio/default.asp, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/june/bio/default.asp, http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/bio/default.asp, http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-04/rhf/feature/index.htm, http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/3/chemistry, http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/7/chemistry, Amphiprion bicinctus – a great photography subject. This article on magnesium is the first of several that delve into a variety of issues involving magnesium and strontium. This new mineral surface containing both calcium and magnesium is not a good nucleating site for precipitation of additional calcium carbonate (as aragonite or calcite), and precipitation of additional CaCO3 slows down substantially. Designed to meet the strict requirements of reef aquariums, Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt mix contains optimized levels of calcium and magnesium while keeping the correct pH value and a balance of all 70 trace elements required by corals to grow and thrive. Raising magnesium levels gradually up to 1400-1600 ppm can help to combat algae outbreaks, just keep CA and Alk in line as you raise the Mg. As an alternative, some aquarists have begun to use Nigari, a Japanese product that is derived from seawater and is used to manufacture tofu. In short, while magnesium carbonate is not supersaturated in seawater (or in typical reef aquaria), and will not precipitate on its own, magnesium is attracted to calcium carbonate surfaces where the carbonate ions are already held in place by the calcium ions. In addition to that used in calcification, many organisms (if not all) take up magnesium from seawater. Every aquarium is different, and each will consume magnesium at its own individual rate, but you should try to maintain levels between 1250 ppm and 1350 ppm. Moderator . 8° KH, calcium approx. You could look at this as simply 5ml of each mix per ppm loss per 100l of total volume. Bingman21 has addressed these enrichment issues and has suggested a recipe for home made supplements based on Epsom Salts and magnesium chloride. 2 days ago before the water change, alkalinity was at 8.1, calcium was 420 ppm, and magnesium was 1560 ppm. Proper magnesium and calcium concentrations are important to a healthy reef environment. There are a number of commercial magnesium test kits available, including those made by Hach, Salifert, and Seachem. In fact, it almost certainly depends on exactly how the limewater is prepared and delivered. Location whitestone. I recommend that reef aquarists maintain an alkalinity of 2.5-4 meq/L (7-11 dKH, 125-200 ppm calcium carbonate equivalents). The daily pH high in my tank after making sure the Dastaco reactor wasn’t dumping too much low pH water into the tank. That is a pretty narrow range and to make things easier for you I would suggest maintaining a level of about 400 ppm. FWIW, I plugged your tank size of 210, mag level of 1100, and desired level of 1300, into the chem calculator and came up with 399 tsps; 1995 grms; 70.35 oz of Seachem to bring the level up. Consequently, the Mg/Ca ratio ranges from about 0.0025 to 0.12 by weight in corals. If your magnesium levels are dropping slowly we suggest raising your daily dose by 10% per day. When used as a supplement to boost magnesium, magnesium chloride will slowly boost the chloride level, but because chloride is present in seawater at more than 19,000 ppm naturally, a small boost is seldom important. Organisms ranging from bacteria8-10 to fish11 take up magnesium. Nevertheless, over the long run the levels can change significantly if the inputs and exports do not roughly match. The Aztec Empire had 10 ponds of saltwater aquariums at Texcoco.. Hopefully future versions of that kit will strive to make the units more clear. Back in the day we used to raise MAG to over 1600 with a specific product to combat certain algaes. I've never noticed an ill effect from this, but individual mileage may vary! Magnesium is about five times more abundant than calcium (10 mM). Calcium - 450 ppm. Compare. i cant be a COMPLETE idiot cos some PARTS are missing! In most of the world’s saltwater bodies, the ratio remains the same. The magnesium content of seawater has not been constant since the oceans formed. This effect is also likely to extend to other calcifying organisms as well.1. I’ve used the ESV supplement, along with ones that I’ve made myself. Pharmaceutical Grade Salt for the Modern Aquaria! Trust me, I know. Each ml of Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code A will increase the concentration of calcium (“[Ca2+]”) in 1 US-gallon (3.785 L) of water by approximately 16 ppm. The first saltwater tanks were Venetian glass jars where the Romans kept anemones outdoors, but these systems were very short lived.. For practical purposes, 1250-1350 ppm is fine. Magnesium interferes with this process, permitting both calcium and carbonate to be elevated above where they would be in the absence of magnesium. I have never dosed MG and it's high. There you go, for a 5ppm loss in a 200l tank you have to add 50ml of each mix, and then to balance out the water levels you have to remove 150ml of water from the tank. Most of the magnesium is present as the free ion, with only water molecules attached to it. I suspect that most of the commercial kits are oversimplifying many aspects of the process, in order to make the instructions comprehensible. The problem is in getting the latter in adequate purity. One situation in which calcium carbonate can precipitate involves adding calcium carbonate seed crystals of some type to the aquarium. I would also add that MANY folks get erroneous readings from their magnesium kits, especially the Red Sea. For this reason it is not recommended to exceed magnesium concentrations over 1600 ppm. The following sections will describe these inputs and exports, and will also describe what happens if the magnesium gets too low. Eventually, the surface contains a substantial amount of magnesium. Like two other common ions, sodium and sulfate, the relative concentration of magnesium in organisms is approximately the same as in seawater (not counting magnesium in skeletons). I’ve stopped dosing for over 2 weeks and still I don’t know why it’s not coming down. For now, though, I was wondering whether I need to add magnesium supplements to the water. If you need to raise it by several hundred ppm, splitting the addition over several days will allow you to better home in on the target concentration, and might possibly allow the aquarium to deal with impurities that may come in with the supplement. We offer a free open forum and reef related news and data to better educate aquarists and further our goals of sustainable reef management. It wouldn't matter if you were using a Named Brand Magnesium additive, or Epsom Salts USP, as far as the calculations go. First I tested Magnesium and it appears to be at 1500+ ppm based on the … Epsom Salts (USP grade magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) is readily available in drug stores and very inexpensive. This effect, in turn, makes seawater a much better buffer in the pH range of 8.0-8.5 than it otherwise would be. Lowered magnesium level may cause inability to maintain proper calcium level and too low pH. Broke it out tonight and my tank is stable at 8 dKH and 425 - 435 Cal. The obvious primary source of magnesium in aquaria is the artificial or natural seawater used to set up the aquarium, and with which any water changes are performed. Aquaforest had the tightest group of results and provided the most consistent Magnesium results with a variance of 105 PPM between the highest and lowest result. It also depends upon the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium in the water. It is estimated that each magnesium ion has approximately eight water molecules tightly bound to it. If those five measurements are within range, pH will be whatever it will be. Adding any high pH additive, including limewater, results in the transient formation of magnesium hydroxide. Tested Mag for the first time in 2 months and it is at 1600 ppm. In many cases, there is so much magnesium in seawater that the organisms need to spend more effort pumping back out excess magnesium than they do trying to take it up. In the following discussion it is important to remember that, other things being equal, alkalinity is a good indicator of the concentration of carbonate. not mixing long enough between drops or something similar)? If you push the concentration of either too high, CaCO3 will start to precipitate. The ratio of magnesium to calcium to alkalinity is key in sea water. Bingman12 pointed out in a previous article that at elevated concentrations (>8,000 ppm), magnesium has been used as an aid in shucking oysters, helping to force the oyster open,12-14 and also as an anesthetic for them.12 Consequently, magnesium does have potentially negative biological effects at significantly elevated concentrations. Like elevated magnesium, there are not very many studies on the effects of depleted magnesium on creatures likely to be present in aquaria. I've had it as high as 1750 ppm using BRS Magnesium for about 2 months before the bryopsis started dying off. The question is how much. It is known that many marine bacteria do require magnesium, but in some cases, just a little magnesium is adequate.8-10 On first principles, all autotrophs (organisms that get all of their energy from photosynthesis, including all algae) must get their required magnesium from the water column. Consequently, maintenance of magnesium levels is not typically a rapidly developing problem. In any case, those using only limewater (or other systems that do not deliver magnesium) may want to occasionally check magnesium. Whether that actually happens or not is moot as the total contribution to magnesium is small. With a natural seawater level of magnesium added to that mix, the precipitation was delayed to 13 to 20 hours. FINS recommends Hach and LaMotte brands as being good choices. Monitor these concentrations in your reef aquarium with the Tropic Marin ® Calcium/Magnesium-Combitest Professional and correct deficiencies with Tropic Marin ® Bio-Calcium and Tropic Marin ® BIO-MAGNESIUM. These issues have been dealt with by Bingman20 in much greater detail, and his conclusion is that neither of these precipitates is a likely sink for magnesium. Another potential source of magnesium is fish food. The Reef Tank. 1; 2; 3; Next . In batches with no magnesium, and at natural calcium and elevated carbonate levels, calcium carbonate was found to precipitate in minutes. At levels below natural sea water concentrations of Magnesium (1280-1350 ppm), Calcium and Carbonates will precipitate out with each other in inorganic forms, and dosing either will not achieve the proper results in a low Magnesium environment. Magnesium hydroxide may settle from solution prior to addition to the aquarium. Keeping your reef tank parameters in check is essential to the health and vitality of your aquarium. mine is that high and I've never dosed MG. Salinity is at 52, confirmed multiple times with a Pinpoint & a Red Sea refractometer (34 ppt). Even when the included magnesium is nearly all getting into the aquarium, as in a CaCO3/CO2 reactor, striking a perfect balance between input and export may require occasional measurements and adjustments. We recommend doing frequent water changes to keep Nitrate levels below 10 ppm. backwards calculating this - yeilds a consumtpion of 20 PPM Calcium, 0.007 PPM Magnesium and 0.6 dkh in my 175 total system volume per day. Commercial dry supplements may be only 8% magnesium by weight, for example. I've removed and replaced my sandbed over the last 3 weeks resulting in more water changes than usual and I have only ever dosed magnesium once which was 1 month ago which got my level to my target of 1300. I have also had high MG in the range of 1550-1600 since switching from reefers best … Fortunately for reefkeepers, it is present in abundance in seawater. Most toxicity studies involving magnesium use freshwater species. Coral Pro Salt | Premium grade, high Alkalinity - Red Sea. And don't raise it more than 100 ppm/day. Bio-Magnesium Liquid can be added to the tank water either directly or by a dosing pump. Even more strikingly, at a lower level of carbonate (closer to that of natural seawater and probably similar to that in many reef aquaria), precipitation was delayed from a few minutes in the absence of magnesium to 750 hours in the presence of natural levels of magnesium. Is it a misinterpretation of the endpoint? How much is an optimal amount to add, however, is not entirely clear, and this “problem” of matching the input of magnesium to the export is discussed in detail below. Is a magnesium reading of 1440 ppm too high? i cant be a COMPLETE idiot cos some PARTS are missing! Maintaining the calcium level is one of the most important aspects of coral reef aquarium husbandry. You aren't alone. Parameters: approx. While these ion pairs comprise only a small portion of the total magnesium concentration, they can dominate the chemistry of these other ions. There have been very few studies on the toxicity of elevated magnesium on most marine organisms. Magnesium Levels at 1420 ppm... too high? It is important that proper calcium (420-440 ppm), alkalinity (8-9.5 dkh – run it 7-8 if you are carbon dosing) , and magnesium levels (1260-1350 ppm) are maintained. Yeah, that "distinguish" part can be pretty tricky when you're trying to isolate the Mg in a matrix with substantial Ca. Dosing Instructions The dosing instructions are basically the same for each recipe, although any given aquarium will end up using about twice as much of recipe #2 as recipe #1 to … If this sounds confusing, don’t feel alone. Proper magnesium and calcium concentrations are important to a healthy reef environment. i would like to know the negative effects of magnesium being too high in a reef tank . Seachem, for example, adds magnesium to Reef Complete and Reef Advantage Calcium, but not to their other calcium products. This is largely true because magnesium is already quite high in concentration in normal seawater, so to significantly elevate it requires conditions that would rarely be encountered in oceans or even lagoons. Monitor these concentrations in your reef aquarium with the Tropic Marin ® Calcium/Magnesium-Combitest Professional and correct deficiencies with Tropic Marin ® Bio-Calcium and Tropic Marin ® BIO-MAGNESIUM. I over dosed once and I've been trying to get it down ever since. For this reason it is not recommended to exceed magnesium concentrations over 1600 ppm. Wire management? for the amount needed to adjust per gallon. The oceans around the world have a calcium range between 380-420 ppm (parts per million). I would not suggest raising magnesium by more than 100 ppm per day. I did a 20% water change 2 days ago. This rise in supersaturation can be caused by a rise in pH (which increases the amount of carbonate present by converting bicarbonate into carbonate), a rise in temperature (as on a heater or pump impeller; the temperature rise decreases the solubility of calcium carbonate and also converts bicarbonate into carbonate), or more directly by a rise in either calcium or carbonate.24. Might be an endpoint issue. That’s a fairly narrow range around~400, so, to keep things simple, I generally think of the optimal reef tank calcium level to be about 400 ppm. RNN Episode 148 – Admin Takeover: Macro Mania, Peninsula Tank Build – Royal Exclusiv Dreambox, BioTek Marine Releases 2 New Salinity Refractometer Models. Raising magnesium levels gradually up to 1400-1600 ppm is a great help in combating algae outbreaks, just keep Calcium and alkalinity levels where they should be as you raise the Magnesium level. I've been running my tank a magnesium levels over 1600 for 2+ months. In 1846, Anna Thynne maintained stony corals and seaweed for almost three years, and was credited as the creator of the first balanced marine aquarium in London. How does magnesium interfere with precipitation of CaCO3? The reason for this is that magnesium is a doubly charged and very light ion. Figure 11 shows such data, and focusing on magnesium, it can be seen that with a magnesium concentration of 1280 ppm (the concentration in seawater), magnesium becomes insoluble as magnesium hydroxide at pH values above about pH 9.2 (that is, the solubility above pH 9.2 is below 1280 ppm, or below 1.3 x 10 3 ppm). I tested it today and it seems to be around 1,230 ppm. That turns out to require the daily addition of about 0.5% of the tank's volume (1/2 gallon to 100 gallon tank) of saturated limewater to meet that demand. For this reason it is not recommended to exceed magnesium concentrations over 1600 ppm. Use the new dosing calculator for an easy determination of the required amount of salt for your aquarium. Consequently, the magnesium content of ancient sediments can be significantly lower than more modern ones from similar organisms.1 In addition to being an interesting fact, this result may also play a role in the suitability of certain limestone deposits in maintaining magnesium in aquaria. For those interested, Bingman22 has a more detailed discussion of the chemistry involved in these kits. 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