Two part 7lb. buckets

[fishysteve]

For recipe #1.
How many gallons of each part do the 7 lb buckets make? Also how many grams of each magnesium ingredient if I don't want to use the cups?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Did they not give you directions?
Which version did you order?

Assuming it is for Recipe 1 (baked baking soda/sodium carbonate/washing soda/soda ash), then the recipe calls for 500 grams of the calcium part. 7 pounds is 3.2 kg, or enough for 6.4 gallons. Presumably they sent an equivalent amount of the other part, but my recipe weight is for the baking soda before baking.

Not sure I understand on the magnesium. You want to measure in a way different than using a cup? Why? The amount there is an estimate to begin with, as detailed below, so more careful measurement (like careful weighing) is not useful, IMO.

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