DIY - Two Part Calcium and Alkalinity

waynemah · #1 11-15-2011, 07:32 AM

Now that my tank is up and running i've started to stock it with some SPS and LPS frags, this brought up the whole "setting up the 2 part" stage of the tank build. After reading the amount of dosing I could get myself into, I want to make life easier/cheaper.

Has anyone in the Edmonton area sourced/experienced any of the materials used in this writeup? http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

I'm thinking this stuff could be made in salt containers making it really easy to re-stock the 1 gallon jugs each couple of weeks.

mark · #2 11-16-2011, 01:26 AM

now that littlesilvermax no longer getting my bulk from elias

The Grizz · #3 11-16-2011, 02:05 AM

+1 for Eli.

Myka · #4 11-16-2011, 02:51 PM

I used Fauna Marin "balling salts" for a couple years, and just recently switched to Bulk Reef Supply chems which are half the price. So far so good. I use the Drew's Dosers from BRS as well. They have been working really well for 2 years now, and don't back siphon at all like some (crappy) dosers - get buy for the money. Btw, you probably will only need 2 dosers, magnesium doesn't need much dosing ime. I can maintain magnesium at 1350 ppm in my tank just by doing weekly 10% waterchanges with saltwater that I bump the mg up to 1400 ppm.