Randy Farley, quick question!

[WVReefJunkie]

I am baking bake soda sodium bicarbonate in a oven at 300 degrees for one hour, to make a alk solution for dosing. The question I have, I used a box and a half around 700 grams of baking soda, is this ok, or does there have to be a certained measured amount? Also should I bake longer than one hour, thanks?

 

[homer1475]

594 grams or roughly 2 1/4 cups is what his original recipe calls for.

Randy's DIY 2 Part

 

[WVReefJunkie]

I read that, but I already have it in a oven baking. I had a new box of 454 grams and another opened box I added to it. Will this cause problems?

 

[homer1475]

Will just make your concentrate stronger. Test and adjust as needed.

When I was baking it, I never weighed it, just measured it out, and there was always some left on the baking sheet. My mixes were never consistent from batch to batch, so I would just test and adjust as needed.

I have since stopped baking it, weighing it out, and using recipe 2 with much more consistent results.

 

[WVReefJunkie]

So you just dissolve baking soda in ro water to make recipe 2?

 

[homer1475]

yup. I don't need the PH boost from the soda ash(baked baking soda).

 

[WVReefJunkie]

yup. I don't need the PH boost from the soda ash(baked baking soda).

I do need the ph lift, I had a friend to suggest using soda ash. I think I will look more into that. Thanks, Homer!

 

[homer1475]

By baking it, your creating soda ash.

 

[WVReefJunkie]

Correct, but I was thinking about just ordering soda ash off Amazon.

 

[Val Shebeko]

So baked baking soda id aka as soda ash and that helps boost ph, what boost alkalinity ?

 

[WVReefJunkie]

So baked baking soda id aka as soda ash and that helps boost ph, what boost alkalinity ?

It is a Sodium Carbonate, it will raise both PH and Alkalinity

 

[Val Shebeko]

It is a Sodium Carbonate, it will raise both PH and Alkalinity

this water chem forum is just excellent. Have taken to reading it every day. Thank you.

 

[Johnny Stecchino]

BRS 2 parts alk component is soda ash. It is good quality and relatively cheap. Been using that for a long time.