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Lance 03-12-2011 11:34 PM

Anybody using Calcium Chloride and Soda Ash from Bulk Reef Supply?
 
Just wondering how many ml of each you're dosing for your reef.
I'm up to 315 ml of Calcium Chloride and 360 ml of Soda Ash per day in my 90 gal. I have quite a few large corals and 2 clams and lots of coralline, but this seems to be quite high to me.

Snappy 03-12-2011 11:53 PM

If your tank is heavily stocked that seems pretty normal to me.

Lance 03-13-2011 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Snappy (Post 598130)
If your tank is heavily stocked that seems pretty normal to me.


Yeah? Ok, thanks Greg. It just seemed high to me for a 90g.
Us reefers are weird. We want our corals to grow and when they do we question the amount of Ca and Alk used. :crazy:

Mrfish55 03-13-2011 12:18 AM

That's what I use, was dosing 100 ml on the 300 and was maintaining levels fine. going to up it tho as growth has slowed.

spawn 03-13-2011 12:23 AM

I have a 55 gallon with many frags, a couple of small colonies,2 mid sized clams, & I'm @ 57 ml of each per day. I was surprised when I first found this kept my paras. stable for a week. It's reassuring to see others having the same questions.

PoonTang 03-13-2011 01:42 AM

Lance how much of each do you mix up with a gallon of RO?

Lance 03-13-2011 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by PoonTang (Post 598163)
Lance how much of each do you mix up with a gallon of RO?


2.5 cups of calcium chloride and 2 cups of soda ash dosed via Drew's Dosers.

spawn 03-13-2011 03:45 AM

Us reefers are weird. We want our corals to grow and when they do we question the amount of Ca and Alk used. :crazy:[/quote]
+ 1 :)

lastlight 03-13-2011 03:54 AM

63ml of each per day for me.

PoonTang 03-13-2011 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lance (Post 598177)
2.5 cups of calcium chloride and 2 cups of soda ash dosed via Drew's Dosers.

Ya that's pretty much the standard RHF recipe. I guess you just have healthy corals with good uptake. I don't personally dose 2 part, I just use it if I need to tweak things so I can't give you a comparison. I am a kalk guy for the time being until my corals get big enough that kalk isn't enough and then I will have to decide either reactor or 2 part.


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