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Agreed. I looked at mag and it would be less effective thank kalk. Sodium Hydroxide seems to be plenty strong enough and readily available.
Do you have any additional safety/health considerations compared to kalk?
Yes, there are also threads on diy two part recipes using it as well as safety precautions:
Second New DIY Two Part Recipe with Higher pH Boost
In a previous thread, I posted a true two part DIY recipe: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-diy-two-part-recipes-with-higher-ph-boost.344500/ But some folks may want to just swap the new ingredient into my 2/3 part recipe (as used by BRS, for example). Here's the original recipe link...
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