Mhucasey's SPS obsession

mhucasey said:
Component B is like Two Part solution (the Alkalinity part). Its nothing like Micro E unfortunately. They should be able to take it as a return I would think, or you could buy part A and C and use their system. With all three you don't need MicroE
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Well i use the af ballin 123 so i guess for me compb is pretty much useless then. Would microe be as well if im on comp 123?
 
milsaltnewbie07 said:
Well i use the af ballin 123 so i guess for me compb is pretty much useless then. Would microe be as well if im on comp 123?
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Sorry, small change:
AF Balling 1,2,3 Provides Calcium, Alk, Magnesium, and trace elements

AF Components A+B + Calcium Chloride and Magnesium = AF Balling 1
AF Components C + KH Buffer = AF Balling 2
AF Component K + Reef Mineral Salt = AF Balling 3

The other alternative for Calcium and Alk is a Calcium reactor plus MicroE, Flourine, Iodine, and Strontium.

I think you could add more trace with Micro E but I don't think you will need to. If you don't have any significant Cyano you probably are all set.
 
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Loving the depth of colour your acro's are showing Matt! Everything looks like it's just good really nice solid colouring all over :)

I'm going to ask one of those really tough questions though, favourite piece in the tank? lol
 
Wrangy said:
Loving the depth of colour your acro's are showing Matt! Everything looks like it's just good really nice solid colouring all over :)

I'm going to ask one of those really tough questions though, favourite piece in the tank? lol
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Easy. The Tierra Del Fuego:

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Well hello Mr. UPS man!
I got a big AF shipment, buying in bulk!:

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I also got my Avast reactor:

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I transferred the zeolites and Carbon into the reactor and added 300mL fresh Phosphate Minus into the reactor, All-In-One AquaForest!:

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Wheeeee doggy. It's like Christmas up in here. I need one of those rubber mallets. Ya, that's what I'm missing
 
Just came across your thread and have not read much more than the first few pages. It's getting late so I jumped to the end to say I agree whole heartedly with your beliefs at the beginning of this thread. To be successful common sense goes a long way and I think your beliefs reflect that.

I will make an effort to read through it and look forward to your progress over the last two years!
 
nallender said:
Just came across your thread and have not read much more than the first few pages. It's getting late so I jumped to the end to say I agree whole heartedly with your beliefs at the beginning of this thread. To be successful common sense goes a long way and I think your beliefs reflect that.

I will make an effort to read through it and look forward to your progress over the last two years!
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Welcome, and thanks! The thread has gained momentum, I can hardly believe how many pages we have filled up:). About page 14 the one tank became two, and it snowballed from there...
 
mhucasey said:
Well I am a believer in Manganese, especially since finding out that Triton sells it as an individual element solution. It's sold at the low low price of 32 dollars for 100mL. So I started thinking, why not make some of my own. Looking on eBay, you can buy 100grams of Manganese Chloride for 15 dollars.

So the question is, how much Manganese is needed per Liter of solution? Well Triton's results on Mark's tank gave me a clue - the target is 2ug per Liter. Since he has zero Manganese, his correction dose is 11.36mL for his 150 gallon tank.

So some back calculating comes to 150Gallons = 567.8L

567.8L X 0.000002g = 0.001136g this is the total dose of Manganese ions to bring 150gallons up to target level

Dividing the amount in grams per ml Triton Solution gives you:
0.001136g/11.36mL = 0.0001g/ml Manganese ions by weight per ml

Convert to Grams per L
0.0001g/ml X 1000 = 0.1g/L Manganese ions by weight per L

Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate is ~28% Manganese by weight.
If I need 0.1G Manganese, I need 0.36g Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate

Dissolve 0.36 Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate in 1L water.

Daily dosage per Triton appears to be 0.00633mL per gallon of system volume
For my 195 gallons that would be 1.234mL per day.

Ok...its been a long time since college chemistry, did I calculate this right? It seems like a tiny amount of Manganese Chloride per Liter. If it's right you could buy enough for over 100L or 600+ years worth.
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Hey Matt,

So I have been dosing Mn for the last 1 1/2 months, the last 3 weeks daily. Currently using the Triton Mn but have bought Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate, and will mix my own and dose that when I run out.

Looking at what you wan to do, it looks like you want to dose 0.00633ppm a day of Mn into your tank of 195 gallons? Yes? If so and you want to make a 1 liter solution, you need to dissolve 19.79g of Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate. That will give you a solution where 1ml will raise Mn 0.0097ppm in 100L.

so if you dose 4.81ml that should raise your levels by 0.00633ppm
 
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