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Old 02-12-2005, 11:35 PM
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Looked through the first recipe... Not too hard to duplicate with off the shelf stuff and hydroponics supplies.

KH2PO4 - can't think of this off the top of my head... I believe its a pH buffer though - I'll look into it. But they also use -
K2PO4 - Fleet enema from your local drug store.
CaCl2 - calcium chloride - you've probably got this amongst your reefkeeping supplies
NaNO3 - Sodium chloride. Very familiar - can't place it, the NO3 is the important stuff tho - KNO3 is sold at your local home depot for killing tree roots Read the package some are Potasium Nitrate some have more "Stump Away" is pure KNO3. Hydroponics shops also sell it
MgSO4 - Epsom salts (drug store)
NACL - table salt (non iodized)
The rest on that list - will come from a good trace element mix from the hydroponics shop. (some include boron, some don't but boric acid (H3BO3) can be obtained from home depot to prep floors for paint/etc.

Gotta run but if you guys pick out the recipe that works, I've got most of the stuff here to mix it - would be glad to give ya a hand with it.

Andy
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