stefanm
Active Member
I use the aquaforest balling method since February, I don't dose a great deal, especially as a few things have failed on my tank and replacement parts took weeks to be delivered due to the pandemic, I've lost a lot of coral during this time.
Anyway I made up a new solution today and just dosed manually 20 ml of bicarbonate solution, normally I get the white precipitation (if that's the right term) when I dose alkalinity, this time nothing at all, I had made 80 grams of solution to 1 litre of water. Before I switched over to balling I used Randy's two part with soda ash, I didn't wash my dosing container when I switched, today I washed it.
So does bicarbonate at this rate if dilution mix instantly with tank water when added?
The sodium bicarbonate is from a supermarket and the water was 50-60°C when I mixed it up if this Information helps.
Anyway I made up a new solution today and just dosed manually 20 ml of bicarbonate solution, normally I get the white precipitation (if that's the right term) when I dose alkalinity, this time nothing at all, I had made 80 grams of solution to 1 litre of water. Before I switched over to balling I used Randy's two part with soda ash, I didn't wash my dosing container when I switched, today I washed it.
So does bicarbonate at this rate if dilution mix instantly with tank water when added?
The sodium bicarbonate is from a supermarket and the water was 50-60°C when I mixed it up if this Information helps.
