potassium

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Chris see's thousands of corals a week so if he is can be totally impressed by a zeovit tanks then i say there must be something to this stuff...

Doesn't that make it seem unnatural, if they are so much more colorful than corals from the ocean?

 

[Bebo77]

unnatural maybe..... beautiful Definitely....

 

[Bionicle]

Hey Bebo77,

How long are you in Zeovit? We would like to see your nice color under zeovit, please post some pictures.

 

[Bebo77]

i have been on Zeo for 5 months now...( tank is 11 months old)

all the corals in my tank are frags.. but ill see if i can get some nice pic manana...

 

[DrBDC]

Well I'm non-zeo and I ordered up a potassium test kit just to throw away my money, err I mean to to check and see what my levels are! :lol:

I hope they're low so I can justify the test expense! If they are, in goes the KCl which I already purchased just in case. If not it makes a good salt substitute.

 

[Boomer]

To much coffee Randy so I could not resist this :lol:

Doesn't that make it seem unnatural, if they are so much more colorful than corals from the ocean?

Yes, but a Poodle is a dog and to me they are unnatural looking dogs So why have one.................not me :lol:

 

[Mike O'Brien]

I'd go with Randy's DIY two part. It raises potassium level's.

 

[Bionicle]

Are you sure?

 

[DrBDC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8657832#post8657832 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mike O'Brien
I'd go with Randy's DIY two part. It raises potassium level's.

??

 

[Boomer]

Randy's DIY two-part does not use potassium bicarbonate or potassium chloride

 

[Big E]

The Dow Flake contains potassium chloride.......it's a listed ingredient on the bag although it doesn't say at what percentage.

Their website lists a total for akali salts of 4.3%. It doesnt' say how much is sodium chloride or potassium chloride.

 

[DrBDC]

OK, I see what you're going at. After one year of adding the homemade it does put a small amount of potassium. See chart from the homemade 2 part article:


Table 2. Elements present after one year of additions and after adjusting for salinity changes. Calculations assume no water changes take place.
Element Seawater Concentration Final Tank Concentration (w/ Part 3A) Final Tank Concentration (w/o Part 3)
Chloride 19,350 19,440 19,710
Sodium 10,760 10,730 11,360
Sulfate 2,710 2720 2170
Magnesium 1,290 1270 880
Calcium 420 420 (assumed) 420 (assumed)
Potassium 400 384 405

 

[DrBDC]

I guess the question to answer is how much K is used by a tank over a year. And is it only zeo tanks, or only tanks with a certain variety of corals, or even a certain type of skimmer for that matter. But if you look at the ~400 of K left after a year, it is also w/o water changes. I think there would be more problems than how much K you have! :lol: But seriously if you would do your changes w/water at 300, it would be like the sulphate buildup, negligable.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The Dow Flake contains potassium chloride.......it's a listed ingredient on the bag although it doesn't say at what percentage.

Their website lists a total for akali salts of 4.3%. It doesnt' say how much is sodium chloride or potassium chloride.

I discuss that in my two part article, as mentioned above. It is enough potassium to keep the additive balanced with respect to a seawater residue, but not enough to cause any rise in potassium:

An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

from it:


Interestingly, the potassium present as an impurity in the Dowflake works to our advantage in this use. Recipe #1 has 1,342 ppm potassium in its calcium part. That amount puts it in the right ratio relative to other ions in the recipe (chloride, sodium, etc.) so that it is neither boosted nor depleted significantly over time based on salinity changes (see modeling below).

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Yes, but a Poodle is a dog and to me they are unnatural looking dogs So why have one.................not me

I don't care much for poodles, particularly when they have a ball of fluff on the tip of their tails. :lol:

 

[DrBDC]

I think they look funny as well. When you look at them they almost give you a look that tells you that they know how ridiculous their haircut is. Although we always have boxers and many think they look funny too.

 

[Mike O'Brien]

Sorry I left you guy's hangin. Glad you figured it out.

 

[Mike O'Brien]

Ok so I'm wrong. It'g gotta be better than nothing though. If your interested in that sort of thing.

 

[DrBDC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8664589#post8664589 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mike O'Brien
Ok so I'm wrong. It'g gotta be better than nothing though. If your interested in that sort of thing.

Any dog is better than no dog. Oh, you mean zeovit! :lol:

 

[Mike O'Brien]

If you're interested in potassium level's, Zeo or no. You guy's seem to be the only ones that are using it. I'm just not interested in it. I have colorful coral's.