where do you get your 2part dosing mixs from?

[afamousjohnson]

Getting rid of the calcium reactor and getting a marine color doser. Reactor cant keep up with my tank and the pockets only allow this upgrade. Just wondering where everyone orders their 2 parts from. Cal and alk (tho I might just use baking soda ash for alk) whos got the good deals? Whats a good product to use? I dose with seachem at the moment to help the reactor keep up. Thanks all.

 

[Palting]

I get mine from Bulk Reef Supply. Alk, Calcium, and Magnesium.

 

[AZDesertRat]

I get my 2 or actually 3 part mixes from www.bulkreefsupply.com. I can't believe a calcium reactor will not keep up with it though, I would never ever go back to dosing after having a Geo reactor. I keep the 3 part, calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, around though for my nano and use the magnesium only on the 100G. Are you sure the reactor is dialed in?

 

[afamousjohnson]

Its more just a point of sale and I dont trust it on the system. I need a better one but that upgrade runs me 4-5 times the pump and just unforseeable at the moment and something has to be done the reactor is inconsistant constantly on the water it takes in making the proper effluient? flow consistantancy impossible. Leaving my #'s all over the board and even combined with manuel dosing always lower than I would like. Maybe I should just work with it more but its been months and just fed up I guess. And I have lost sooooo many pieces thru the process-all my favorites...of course.lol

Think I should get the prepackaged 3part kit since its the 1st attempt? Or do you guys find it better to go bulk individually by product?

 

[jgraz]

I go the premeasured kit from BRS for my first and second gals of 2-part. Then I just purchased the gal jugs. This time though Im gonna go with the DIY stuff and give that I try. Prestone driveway Heat and A&H Baking soda. I will still get the mag mix at BRS though.

 

[Hampton]

I have a new idea - BRS.

 

[redfishbluefish]

I make my own using Randy’s recipe:

Alk: 2 ¼ cups baking soda cooked at 300 degrees for an hour and dissolve up to one gallon with RO/DI water.

Calc: 2 cups of Preston Driveway Heat dissolved up to one gallon in RO/DI water.


Using hand waving statistics, it cost me less than five to six dollars a year to dose my 90 gallon tank.