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Re: The go ahead (acceptable forms of potassium and magnesium
Thanks for the correction. Since I've never kept either on my kitchen (or
bathroom?) shelf, I have no inkling what the composition is, either than the
magnesium. When I began hatching brine shrimp, Epsom salts was recommended
along with uniodized salt. Along with the *salts* (as in Epsom ..), I
inferred that sodium was a component.
Just my ignorance rearing it's head again.
Sylvia
Getting the feeling that I need a chemistry course . . .
> I don't understand your reference to sodium -- Epsom salts is just
> magnesium sulfate (itself, a powerful laxitive). "Milk of magnesia"
> is magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2, which may give you problems with your
> water pH.