Reef Fusion

[Nomadic1]

Randy,

Buying liquid supplements is expensive, as you know. I have been using BRS products for a while, after having used various Seachem products and B-Ionic. I just seemed to have better growth with the name brand stuff, maybe due to the other stuff they add to it, but, the cost really adds up fast. Buying dry Seachem powders is less expensive than buying their liquids, though, it seems.

How much Seachem Reef Builder would I need to mix with how much water to get the exact concentration of components found in a 1 gallon jug of Fusion 2, and, how much Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium would I need to mix with how much water to get the exact concentration of components found in a 1 gallon jug of Fusion 1?

Many thanks!

 

[Cory]

Why not just use Randys 3 part? Its cheap and easy to make. Or kalkwasser is good too.

 

[biom]

How much Seachem Reef Builder would I need to mix with how much water to get the exact concentration of components found in a 1 gallon jug of Fusion 2, and, how much Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium would I need to mix with how much water to get the exact concentration of components found in a 1 gallon jug of Fusion 1?

It is hard to calculate since we don't know if Calcium Chloride used in Reef Advantage Calcium is hydrated or not. It could be 277 grams per liter if anhydrous or 367 grams per liter if it is dihydrate. To it we should add another 42 grams if Mg is in form of hexahydrate. So it could be between 320-410 gr per liter water. But I don't think you need such calculation since they have very good dosing calculator on their site, or you just want to compare the prices?
And have in mind that Reef Advantage Calcium is not just dry Fusion version, there are differences in contents Fusion has more trace elements in it.

 

[Nomadic1]

Why not just use Randys 3 part? Its cheap and easy to make. Or kalkwasser is good too.

I have been using this for many years now, with the dry reagents coming from Bulk Reef Supply. Kalkwasser is fine, but, it will not keep up with demand for my tank. I have to dose 150ml each of ALK and CAL solutions using the BRS stuff daily in my 120, due to the large colonies I have. At one point a few years back before I had a tank crash, I had to use Kalk, 100+ml of each 2 part component, AND run a calcium reactor to keep everything at proper levels because colonies and clams were so large that they were growing out of the top of the aquarium. The only reason I am trying Fusion is to see if the trace elements added to it make a difference. One of the LFS uses it exclusively to dose their SPS tank with, and, the growth and color in it is amazing. I always try to mimic what I think to be a successful tank, to see if I can duplicate what they are able to accomplish in my own tank. If this doesn't make a difference, I will just go back to using the standard BRS two part using Randy's recipe.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I agree that it is hard to come up with exact amounts without knowing exactly what is in the Seachem products.

One way is to use their directions as to how much produces how much rise in, say, calcium, and then compare the potency to calcium chloride dihydrate. THe calcualtor is an easy way to do that, but has limitations if the Seachem data used in the calculator is off (and in this case it may be since Reef Advantage calcium seems to be a bit more potent than anhydrous calcium chloride, which is not likely to be true).

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html