Is your MgCl retaining lots of moisture?

bkelly · #1 01-02-2011, 01:56 AM

My 1/4 full 5 gal pail of MgCl is nearly slush at the bottom and im wondering if this is throwing my dosage amount off by weighing . I have silica gel packs in the pail but ive not seen it this wet before, im in the okanagan and its fairly dry out right now. Is anyones MgCl this wet right now and do you think the weight is effected (or is the moist MgCl not water retention but liquid MgCl if thats possible?)
Thanks for any input

Skimmerking · #2 01-02-2011, 02:07 AM

Yes mine did it too its the mag and CAL

Myka · #3 01-02-2011, 02:38 AM

Ya my Mg does that real bad too..like slush. Calcium just clumps on me, doesn't seem to affect weights. I measure Mg by volume because of this.

christyf5 · #4 01-02-2011, 03:30 AM

Oddly enough I've never had that problem. I store small amounts in a rubbermaid container with a really good seal on it but the bulk of it is just in the garbage bag it arrived in via ChemMaster. I guess I'm good at tying the knot in the top of the bag

Delphinus · #5 01-02-2011, 03:52 AM

I keep my Mg in a sealed bag (the one LittleSilverMax ships it in) and then inside a sealed bucket, and still the bottom is one slushy wet mess after a little while.

lastlight · #6 01-02-2011, 04:19 AM

My BRS containers seal tight. So far haven't noticed this.

hillegom · #7 01-02-2011, 05:05 AM

I have mine just in a pail. Seal must be good, because it is not absorbing any water at all

ALang · #8 01-02-2011, 03:37 PM

OK, I'd better get mine into a sealed bucket right away, then, so as not to have them turn into slush. Right now they are inside the plastic bags that he sent them in, on the floor, as I have no idea what to do with that large an amount.
I need to go get some rubbermaid totes.

Myka · #9 01-02-2011, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

My BRS containers seal tight. So far haven't noticed this.

That's what I have right now, and it's a slushy mess after only being open a month or so, and the stuff I got from ChemMaster was the same.

I find the Fauna Marin gets damp, but not slushy like the "raw" chemicals (like ChemMaster or BRS). Maybe they add something to it? If so, I wonder what

bkelly · #10 01-02-2011, 04:34 PM

my MgSo4 is fine its a bigger crystal than the MgCl maybe the Fauna Marine is a made up recipe with both, perhaps that helps keep it dry, think the ratio is 5:3. My MgCl is in an old IO bucket which has a gasket that i hammer shut, the bucket is 3/4 empty now that its a pile of slush , maybe all that extra air in there is allowing it to suck so much moisture, i think ill put it in a plastic bag then into the sealed bucket next batch.