Initial Two Part Dosing Recs

tottiforever · Jun 7, 2022

Hello folks!

I believe I saw this before, but I can’t find it. Do you have any initial two part dosing recommendations? I have a four month old Reefer 350 (71 ga display, 20 gallon sump) with a bunch of small LPS and softies.

Currently only dosing 4ml/day of BRS calcium chloride and soda ash that was mixed in gallon jugs of RODI via my DOS. What would be a more appropriate starting point for initial dosing? I seem to remember some kind of per-gallon guideline that Randy or others had. My thought is that after having a starting point, it‘ll be easier to test and modify as necessary

For reference, current alkalinity is 8.0, calcium is 370, and PH vacillates between 7.65 and 7.85.

Thanks!

Biglew11 · Jun 7, 2022

What do you want you levels to be? How much consumption per day?

Use the calculators to figure out how much you need to dose to keep them where you want them.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-calculator

I'm currently dodging 39 ml a day to keep my alkalinity stable. At 8dkh
And 45ml to keep calcium stable. 450 p.p.m. using brs two part for both.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 7, 2022

The BRS product is my DIY recipe, and I give detailed dosing instructions here:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php#15

tottiforever · Jun 8, 2022

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
The BRS product is my DIY recipe, and I give detailed dosing instructions here:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php#15

Very helpful. Which of the two recipes is most similar to BRS?

Thanks again!

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 8, 2022

tottiforever said:
Very helpful. Which of the two recipes is most similar to BRS?

Thanks again!

BRS uses my baked baking soda recipe (Recipe 1) exactly, except they buy the alk part already baked. They refer to it as soda ash.

I think they also sell a version like the Recipe 2, but it is much less commonly used. It uses baking soda unbaked.

tottiforever · Jun 9, 2022

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
BRS uses my baked baking soda recipe (Recipe 1) exactly, except they buy the alk part already baked. They refer to it as soda ash.

I think they also sell a version like the Recipe 2, but it is much less commonly used. It uses baking soda unbaked.

Wonderful. Thanks so much. Super
Helpful (as always).