Raising Calcium in Salt Water

[e46er]

I use dry bulk chemicals
I bake baking soda for alk
I get cal from Eli at caco3reef.com
I have mag. From a previous member who no longer sells product and will order from Eli again - very good to deal with quick shipping and good prices!

[axe_man16]

Originally Posted by e46er

I use dry bulk chemicals
I bake baking soda for alk
I get cal from Eli at caco3reef.com
I have mag. From a previous member who no longer sells product and will order from Eli again - very good to deal with quick shipping and good prices!

I was told that if you bake baking soda it will affect PH alot more than if you do not. Any advantages to baking it rather than not?

[e46er]

Originally Posted by axe_man16

I was told that if you bake baking soda it will affect PH alot more than if you do not. Any advantages to baking it rather than not?

I bake it because its more potent (almost double)so I mix up 5 gal of a solution at a time for my dosing pump
If I'm doing an adjustment(rare- my dosing pumps seem to be consistent over the long haul) I don't bother baking it just use reg. baking soda
My Ph probe on my controller doesn't really register a spike but I usually only adjust 0.5 DKH at a time