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Originally posted by Diana Walstad:
I'm continuing Javalee's discussion started in "My newly replanted 10g". He last wrote the following :
" ... I just dissolved and added them in as close to a 4:1 Ca:Mg ratio as I could."
For folks with soft water tanks, I would go with Javalee's prescription for bringing GH up in softwater tanks:
Add CaCl2 and MgSO4 (Epsom Salts) in a 4:1 ratio (approximately).
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These are two different things. Adding CaCl2 and MgSO4 in a 4:1 ratio by volume will yield a Ca:Mg ratio of about 13:1 in ppm. It's my understanding that a Ca:Mg ratio of 1:1 in ppm is best, which takes a CaCl2:MgSO4 ratio of about 1:3 by volume. See:
The Fertilator
CaCl2 is available at:
Greg Watson
TW