soymilk
Supporting Member
i've read articles about magnesium precipitating out of solution under certain circumstances. I think this is a more likely scenario then actually magnesium consumption. From the articles ive seen, calcareous algae takes up the most magnesium. That would kinda make sense for your macro algae tank. But if you consider a regular tank with something more common like coraline. Mag content of coraline is like 5%. The rest is pretty much calcium carbonate. You'd have to go thru a lot of alk/calc to match up with how much mag was spent.
I think maybe there was something else at play. Magnesium Hydroxide precipitation or magnesium carbonate.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/10/chemistry
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/index.php#17
I think maybe there was something else at play. Magnesium Hydroxide precipitation or magnesium carbonate.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/10/chemistry
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/index.php#17