dunpeal Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wanted to share my online shopping experience. Hopefully it can save someone a little time. Called around town for magnesium chloride/mag flake and nobody seems to have it in stock. Checked amazon, ebay, and all the usual places. Ended up that TrueValue has safe step 8300 50 lb for 26.99. Best price by far of anywhere I could find. Most places are near the same price, but for a 20 lb bag. The 20lb bags are 16.99. The 26.99 includes shipping it to store for pick up. I didn't bother with it, but they are also offering $10 off for an order of $75 or more. http://www.truevalue.com/product/Ice-Melt-8300-Mag-Chloride-50-Lbs-/32389.uts Got epsom salt for ~$1 a lb off of ebay in 4lb boxes. I haven't kept track, but I use something like a pound of mag a year. So I will have a ~50 year supply of Randy's mix magnesium. I will die before this is all gone. If someone needs a few pounds, hit me up. I live near Cuttle Fish in Hillsdale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 That is a pretty good price there, i know the Magnesium Chloride has been harder to come by in the stores these days. Used to get my Sulphate from Costco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Can Epsom salts be the primary for mag supplement? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Can Epsom salts be the primary for mag supplement? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I have done the baking soda and driveway heat for alk and calcium Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Yes but you want pure "Epsom salts"/Magnesium Sulfate and you will still want to mix it with the Magnesium Chloride for a proper Mag dosing mixture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Can Epsom salts be the primary for mag supplement? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Using Epsom salt alone results in an unbalanced level of sulfate and chloride. That's why you're supposed to mix magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate at a particular ratio. Can you survive with just magnesium sulfate? Perhaps. I'd imagine you'd want to be doing more water changes though to make sure your parameters don't get too far out of wack. I think Randy addresses using just Epsom in his Two Part article. I'd check there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunpeal Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 If ya Google 'randys mix' it has the quantities for making mag, alk, and calc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmdh Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Here is the link to the article: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/#5 Edited January 28, 2017 by cjmdh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Here is the link to the article: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/#5 Thanks yo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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