Dosing calcium and Alk

gareth.hubbarde · 08/01/2020, 02:54 AM

Hi all, what do you use to dose for these two nutrients?
I currently use fluval sea calcium and Alk bottles. I dose calcium first then a few hours later the Alk dose.
I do this once a week as I don't have auto dose yet.
This 2 bottles are approaching the end, is there better stuff out there? I know seachem do a two bottle system? Are there other options? I'm in UK.

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dubmaneh · 08/01/2020, 05:59 AM

I use ESV B ionic but not sure if it’s available in the UK. Like it because it has the micro elements which solved my issues when I was lax on my water changes.

Salifert was good as well but a bit pricey.

I think it’s all pretty much the same if your keeping up on water changes.

Mixing my own from soda ash and calcium chloride worked just fine for years though (Randy’s recipes).

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lionfish300 · 08/01/2020, 10:54 PM

I been using Randy 's Recipes for years. It much cheaper since I have a large volume of water. Baked Baking soda for ALK and Sodium Chloride for CAL

Alex114 · 08/02/2020, 07:05 AM

Not sure how the price compares but I buy brs calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate and mix it in 1 gallon jugs. They’re prices aren’t bad but is it cheaper other places? I’ve not looked to much into it

08/01/2020, 02:54 AM	#1
gareth.hubbarde Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 719	Dosing calcium and Alk Hi all, what do you use to dose for these two nutrients? I currently use fluval sea calcium and Alk bottles. I dose calcium first then a few hours later the Alk dose. I do this once a week as I don't have auto dose yet. This 2 bottles are approaching the end, is there better stuff out there? I know seachem do a two bottle system? Are there other options? I'm in UK. Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

08/01/2020, 05:59 AM	#2
dubmaneh Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 271	I use ESV B ionic but not sure if it’s available in the UK. Like it because it has the micro elements which solved my issues when I was lax on my water changes. Salifert was good as well but a bit pricey. I think it’s all pretty much the same if your keeping up on water changes. Mixing my own from soda ash and calcium chloride worked just fine for years though (Randy’s recipes). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

08/01/2020, 10:54 PM	#3
lionfish300 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Posts: 795	I been using Randy 's Recipes for years. It much cheaper since I have a large volume of water. Baked Baking soda for ALK and Sodium Chloride for CAL

08/02/2020, 07:05 AM	#4
Alex114 Registered Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 162	Not sure how the price compares but I buy brs calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate and mix it in 1 gallon jugs. They’re prices aren’t bad but is it cheaper other places? I’ve not looked to much into it