potassium

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

bump for Bebo77!

 

[Bebo77]

Randy, Boomer or even f18.... accoridng to my zeo test kit my K+ is around 250 an i want it to be 390... how much of this product do you think it will take to raise it to the proper level?

http://www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs&pid=NOW-01450


thanks

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8552831#post8552831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
Randy, Boomer or even f18.... accoridng to my zeo test kit my K+ is around 250 an i want it to be 390... how much of this product do you think it will take to raise it to the proper level?

http://www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs&pid=NOW-01450


thanks

one 8 Oz bottle is equal like this:

100g=160ppt

so your tank is 2 bottles is enough. If you have patience, wait for me in one week, I'll post the result here.

that means you spend only $6.00 instead more than $100 with Zeo K+

 

[Bebo77]

lol.... yeah i was just wondering how much to get as i think you said you got lots off it...

i can wait to hear your results as it will save me $100...

thanks

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8553064#post8553064 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
lol.... yeah i was just wondering how much to get as i think you said you got lots off it...

i can wait to hear your results as it will save me $100...

thanks

I need them to buffer my muscle lol....

 

[Animation]

You also can dose this liquid potassium.
http://www.nextag.com/liquid-potassium/search-html

 

[Bebo77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8557075#post8557075 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Animation
You also can dose this liquid potassium.
http://www.nextag.com/liquid-potassium/search-html

those are not pure K+....

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

Bebo77,

Just checked the alk and Ca, they are the same as last time. The K+ go up 20ppt after adding 4 of KCL teaspoons. Will update more later.

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

I used just one 8 oz bottle, my tank has reached 380ppt of K+.

 

[Bebo77]

F18 how many tsp did you add a day to raise your level?

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8607260#post8607260 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
F18 how many tsp did you add a day to raise your level?

2 teaspoons and mix it with 1 cup of drinking water.

 

[EmDy]

for my 140g net, I need 9 tsp from 240 to 390ppm. I dosed 1 tsp per day, mix with fresh RO.

 

[DrBDC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8557075#post8557075 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Animation
You also can dose this liquid potassium.
http://www.nextag.com/liquid-potassium/search-html

I wonder if this would be a decent way to supplement aspartate as well.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Any of you notice any effects on the aquarium of adding potassium?

The potassium aspartate is interesting, and any noted effects could be due to either the aspartate or the potassium (or something else in it).

Note that if you do a big potassium boost, the amount of aspartate is quite large (larger than the potassium). I'm not sure what effect a lot of aspartate might have, but when metabolized it will provide nitrogen to end up possibly as nitrate (more than the potassium dosed).

 

[DrBDC]

So do you think that the potassium/aspartate mixture might be a better option once K levels are already at a target range vs. a correction dosing(can it be called correction until there is more studies done) and KCl used for the larger K increases?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

It might be interesting to experiment with, yes.

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8610719#post8610719 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Randy Holmes-Farley
Any of you notice any effects on the aquarium of adding potassium?

So far, I have noticed 4 tanks using the KCL without effects on corals. BTW, tese 4 tank mainly house SPS.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Thanks for the info.

 

[loc01]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8610719#post8610719 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Randy Holmes-Farley
Any of you notice any effects on the aquarium of adding potassium?

The potassium aspartate is interesting, and any noted effects could be due to either the aspartate or the potassium (or something else in it).

Note that if you do a big potassium boost, the amount of aspartate is quite large (larger than the potassium). I'm not sure what effect a lot of aspartate might have, but when metabolized it will provide nitrogen to end up possibly as nitrate (more than the potassium dosed).

I totally agree. It's sort of a chronic accumulation. At the present everything might look o.k but who knows.

Sometimes I look into my tank, I still don't know what the heck is actually happenning in there!

Loc

 

[DrBDC]

At the present, would monitoring nitrate levels be the only way to keep track of the aspartate or ??