Articles tagged: magnesium
- Reference
Dosing Methods — How to Choose the Right System for Your Reef
A comprehensive guide to the most widely used reef dosing methods in Europe: one-part, two-part, Balling variants, Triton Core7 Flex, kalkwasser, and calcium reactor — comparison, products, and practical recommendations.
- Deep dive
Trace elements, macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients in the reef aquarium
A comprehensive guide to all ICP-OES element groups — macroelements, dynamic elements and the relevance line explained in practical terms.
- Basics
Calcium — the skeleton's building block
What corals are built from, why calcium depletes, magnesium's role in the calcium system and what happens when calcium drops too low.
- Practice
Calcium in practice — measurement, target values and dosing
Target values by tank type, the calcium-alkalinity relationship, measurement methods, dosing options compared and signs of imbalance.
- Basics
Magnesium — the invisible stability mechanism
Why seawater contains so much magnesium, its role in aragonite crystallisation and calcium solubility, and how its depletion shows up in the tank.
- Practice
Magnesium in practice — measurement, target values and dosing
Target values by tank type, why magnesium falls, dosing and correction, and signs of problems and impure salts.
- Practice
The big three in practice — measurement, target values and balance
The interdependence of alkalinity, calcium and magnesium, target values by tank type, measurement methods and signs of imbalance.