What do you use for 2 part?
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Southsid_reefer
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Used c balance for a while but recently switch to bionic
Joshporksandwic
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WOW Al!!! Nice to see you back!
yman32
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I use........
1) Pinch a Penny pool Calcium Chloride --- as cheap as it gets!
I know i know----i was nervous.....until I sent away the calcium chloride for analysis at my friend's chem lab----dont we all have friends with chem labs?
2) baked Baking soda ----also couldnt be any cheaper in bulk !
3) and randy's recipe for mag----- epsom salt and mag flake- use much less (also inexpensive)
1) Pinch a Penny pool Calcium Chloride --- as cheap as it gets!
I know i know----i was nervous.....until I sent away the calcium chloride for analysis at my friend's chem lab----dont we all have friends with chem labs?
2) baked Baking soda ----also couldnt be any cheaper in bulk !
3) and randy's recipe for mag----- epsom salt and mag flake- use much less (also inexpensive)
Stylo328
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I'm sure there are threads out there, but given that you are local and have first hand experience, would you mind starting a separate thread detailing your method? I am intrigued by the "baked Baking soda".
Thanks for the consideration.
yman32
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so the true chem guru in reef chemistry is Randy Holmes-Farley and below is his page that describes all that I do-----the ONLY difference is my source of calcium chloride----but i still use the same concentrations
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php
jdhuyvetter
SWFMAS Event Coordinator
Pinch a Penny here too. But I use their calcium chloride for calcium and pH increaser for alkalinity. The pH increaser is Sodium Carbonate (aka Soda Ash). You do not need to bake this to drive off the CO2 in order to get it to dissolve.
yman32
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right on the money------- 'Baking Soda' is 'Sodium BI-carbonate'----meaning more carbonates than Sodium Carbonate---Carbonate (such as C02) lowers the pH of solutions ----which means, when baking soda is dissolved it will lower the pH of a neutral solution......
when you bake 'Baking Soda' your cooking off the carbonate (into C02 which escapes in the air) and converting the sodium bicarb. to sodium monocarbonate--without the Bi----which would now raise neutral solutions to more alkaline pH------'baked Baking Soda' is also known as Soda Ash---which you can also buy cheaply ----so either bake your own baking soda---or buy soda ash as the dude above mentioned----both will work---both are cheap----one doesn't require an oven----you decide
rafaelmarvez
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Gillguy
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right on the money------- 'Baking Soda' is 'Sodium BI-carbonate'----meaning more carbonates than Sodium Carbonate---Carbonate (such as C02) lowers the pH of solutions ----which means, when baking soda is dissolved it will lower the pH of a neutral solution......
when you bake 'Baking Soda' your cooking off the carbonate (into C02 which escapes in the air) and converting the sodium bicarb. to sodium monocarbonate--without the Bi----which would now raise neutral solutions to more alkaline pH------'baked Baking Soda' is also known as Soda Ash---which you can also buy cheaply ----so either bake your own baking soda---or buy soda ash as the dude above mentioned----both will work---both are cheap----one doesn't require an oven----you decide
I bake Arm and Hammer for one hour. No big deal and use Prestone Heat for calcium.
