Alk mixing problems

[jason604]

Originally Posted by Craigdillman

Cooking up some meth are we.... nope i swear its fish tank dosing.....

lol

anyways i use 5 teaspoon of seachem reef builder. I got a few more corals lately and they been sucking my alk out like crazy so i increase the amount from 4 teaspoon to 5. I dont dump out the bottom muck each time i make more i just add to it.

[randallino]

I fine that Seachem reefbuilder doesn't mix well even in less concentrated solutions like 10ml - 1L water. I manually dose.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jason604

anyways i use 5 teaspoon of seachem reef builder. I got a few more corals lately and they been sucking my alk out like crazy so i increase the amount from 4 teaspoon to 5. I dont dump out the bottom muck each time i make more i just add to it.

This is why I asked you in the first place what you are using
I was using Seachem Reef Builder and had to use 8 TBSP per 2L every month or so
I found it would not fully dissolve so I made stirring equipment

I don't worry about it anymore now that I use Randy's 2-Part stuff
It dissolves fully and is about 20% the cost

[jason604]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

This is why I asked you in the first place what you are using
I was using Seachem Reef Builder and had to use 8 TBSP per 2L every month or so
I found it would not fully dissolve so I made stirring equipment

I don't worry about it anymore now that I use Randy's 2-Part stuff
It dissolves fully and is about 20% the cost

How did u get 2L to last a whole month! It lasts me less than a week. U must dose a very teeny tiny amount. I bought the seachem when I was still a totally new this hobby. I bought some sodium carbonate from Kelly a while back but was planning to finish the seachem first before I use it. Plus I'll have to adjust the whole amt again n I'm so lazy unless they raise the same lvl of alk with the same amt?.

[denny_C]

Originally Posted by jason604

How did u get 2L to last a whole month! It lasts me less than a week. U must dose a very teeny tiny amount. I bought the seachem when I was still a totally new this hobby. I bought some sodium carbonate from Kelly a while back but was planning to finish the seachem first before I use it. Plus I'll have to adjust the whole amt again n I'm so lazy unless they raise the same lvl of alk with the same amt?.

no they wont , reefbuilder uses alot less than bulk carbonate and is alot stronger, but also costs alot more.

[gregzz4]

I was dosing just over 100ml per day
With the baked baking soda I am down to less than 80ml per day already so I am finding the bulk stuff is stronger than the packaged stuff