seachem suppliments

[rayjay]

I'm a cheapskate so I use Randy Holmes-Farley's DIY formulae.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

[Enigma]

Myka . . . I tried mixing with just RO last night, and I got the same flakes. I was hoping you were right about what was going on and that it was precipitation. I think I'm just not getting it mixed properly.

How much of this stuff can be mixed up into the top up water at once? Could one do a week's worth with no illeffects or degradation?

[Myka]

Shelley, it takes a lot of mixing to mix up alkalinity supplements. There wouldn't be much calcium in a cup of tank water, so the extra flakes would not be particularly noticeable in with the alkalinity supplement. I mix up 2 gallons of alkalinity solution at a time for my dosers. I store that in a sealed container and use that to add to the actual dosing vessel once a week. The 2 gallons lasts a few months I think.

[daplatapus]

Originally Posted by rayjay

I'm a cheapskate so I use Randy Holmes-Farley's DIY formulae.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

How do you like it? Good growth with your corals? Where are you getting your ingredients? I've found much of these DIY formula's need access to the states for some of it.

[rayjay]

Right now, I'm trying to sell off my corals but they are too big and I want reasonable money for them. If the formula didn't work they wouldn't get that big I would guess.
I buy the baking soda at the grocery store and the calcium and mag chloride I get from a chemical company here in London. The epsom I get at Walmart.
I buy mostly 25 kilo bags as I make my own salt water as well that I mix half and half with I.O.
I think a lot of people buy from Bulk Reef.