manually dosing Alk

[e46er]

so for those who manually dose alk.

i bought a 1.2 Kg thing of seachem reef builder and its now running low

it always raised the alk what it said it would using this calculator
http://jdieck1.home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html
but its $20 bux at JL

do you guys buy the expensive name brand products or use baking soda?
or baked baking soda? and how long do you bake it?

[Jason McK]

I used to bake my Baking soda now I just add unbaked

J

[xtreme]

I use Arm & Hammer baking soda. If you pH is low bake it for a an hour at 300F, if you pH is ok don't bake it.

[globaldesigns]

I use the Seachem Reef Builder also, put in 1.5 tablespoons a day, keeps my alk right on. I find this cheap overall.

[kien]

I buy 4.4 pound boxes of arm and hammer baking soda. I do bake mine at 350 for about an hour? It is cheap. Comes out to about $1.20 per pound from Superstore.

Ps. If you happen to be at The superstore in Deerfoor Meadows on a Sunday and there are no more boxes of baking soda I appologize

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by kien

I buy 4.4 pound boxes of arm and hammer baking soda. I do bake mine at 350 for about an hour? It is cheap. Comes out to about $1.20 per pound from Superstore.

So what does baking it do? I am interested, as if I can do what you are doing, hey great! At what temp do you bake?

Also is there drawbacks to this method like on PH?