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Magnesium

Also called: Mg

Magnesium is the mineral that keeps calcium and alkalinity in solution together, held at roughly 1300–1400 ppm — get it right and the other two become far easier to stabilise.

If your calcium and alkalinity won't stay put no matter how you dose, low magnesium is the usual culprit. It's consumed slowly, so it needs checking only occasionally.

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