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03-14-2008, 08:18 PM
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RBS is what I am using now .....it was more money but it dissolves way better...with in a few minutes its completely gone and looks super clear......and Ive noticed my water in the tank is clearer......and I thought I needed glasses.....lol
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03-14-2008, 08:19 PM
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Here's a calculator for dosage of different products for increasing alkalinity
http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html Here is a table from the calculator showing the effect on PH of various Alkalinity increasing products: Product........................................... ................Effect on PH Baking soda.............................................. .......Somewhat lower Soduim Carbonate Anhyd. (Baked B. Soda)........... Substantially Higher! Kent's Tech CB Part B Alkalinity...........................Higher Warner Marine CalxMax Part B Alkalinity................ Moderate Increase Randy's Recipe 1 Alkalinity Part............................Substantially Higher! Randy's Recipe 2 Alkalinity Part............................Somewhat lower Limewater (saturated)....................................... Substantially Higher! Aq Systems Reef Evo SeaBuffer.......................... Substantially Higher! Two Little Fisher C-Balance Part B........................Higher ESV B-Ionic Original Ca Buff Pt 1..........................Substantially Higher! ESV B-Ionic Bicarbonate Syst Pt 1........................Somewhat lower Oceans Blend Part 2 of 2 Part Supplement..............Somewhat higher Seachem Reef Buffer (dry)...................................Substantia lly Higher! Seachem Reef Builder (dry)................................. Substantially Higher! Seachem Reef Carbonate (liq)............................. Substantially Higher! Tropic Marin Bio-Calcium Powder (Also Calcium)...... Minimal Salifert All in One (Also Calcium)...........................Minimal Salifert KH + PH Buffer (dry)............................... Higher __________________
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03-14-2008, 09:15 PM
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Baking soda is fine but you should mix in some washing soda at a ratio of 3:1 or something like that. For the cost of a powder ($20-30 which lasts me months) I've never bothered with baking soda/washing soda. Well, that, and the fact that the washing soda I've seen here has this sort of lemony zesty scent. I don't know what that is, but I'm not putting it in my tank. You can bake baking soda in the oven though to make your own washing soda.
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03-14-2008, 09:45 PM
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Just mixing my first batch of RBS now. Will do a water change on the weekend at some point.
I'll post my results J
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03-15-2008, 12:05 AM
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left over oceans
hey Greg
why don't you just cut the OPP with a lesser brand of salt ie: IO. I'm cutting what I have left of my OPP with IO at a rate of 50/50 and this has helped with Ca and Kh. it has brought up my alk and lowered my Ca to reasonable levels. Now i just add Kent buffer for now to steady out the Ca usage of the tank. cheers Geoff
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