Do you dose with calcium and alkalinity (carbonate)?

[neuroslicer]

If you're buying commercial calcium and carbonate (alkalinity) solutions to keep your Ca and Alk levels elevated, you're paying big bucks, needlessly... Common baking soda is easy to come buy and is a simple and inexpensive way to keep your alkalinity levels high, but cheap sources of calcium aren't always easy to find.

I recently bought 50 pounds of Dowflakes which is a very acceptable source for dosing your system with calcium. Of course 50 pounds of the stuff will last my tanks until long after I'm gone from this world! So I have divided the stuff up into gallon quantities (individual bags of 2.5 cups). Just mix the 2.5 cups of Dowflakes with 1 gallon of DI or RO water and you're good to go!

If you want some, I'll bring several bags to the meeting, priced at $1 per bag. Just let me know.

Jay

(Geez, I feel like such a crack dealer....!!!)

 

[zebrafish]

Jay,

I am going to go all out; put me down for $2.00.

Steve

 

[neuroslicer]

Woo hoo! Hey, get it now... the price doubles at the Frag Swap!

 

[willember]

I would like to get in on this if you are still parting it out.

 

[neuroslicer]

I've got quite a lot. Will you be going to Nashville for the frag swap? If not, perhaps we can link up at the next meeting.
Jay

 

[turboex901]

jay, id like to get 3 bags of this from you if possible. ill be at the frag swap all day just look for the skinny young guy from mtrc with the steve name tag on. pm me if you can bring it with you! thanks, see ya there! <~~~steve

 

[keaton]

Jay, you have a pm.

 

[gflat65]

I'll take 5 bags, Jay.

 

[turboex901]

jay, it was a peasure meeting you and youre wife. thanks again for the sweet deals. i love the aus. delicate stag. you should have seen my neighbors when i was carrying the dow in, im sure they thought it was something else ahhh the stuff we do in this hobby! see you guys soon!<~~~steve