Dear all.
So far I've ever used the balling method with no original (main) substances, but bought locally from a chemistry store.:
Calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl[SUB]2[/SUB] · 2H[SUB]2[/SUB]O)
Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO[SUB]3[/SUB])
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl[SUB]2[/SUB] · 6H[SUB]2[/SUB]O)
Now I want to move to the Red Sea's reef care program.
I guess I should stick to the original calcium part (Red Sea Reef Foundation A (Ca/Sr)) just for the strontium and to magnesium part (Red Sea Reef Foundation C (Mg)) - the expense will not be great.
My question to you is only about the alkalinity part. Is using the much more expensive Red Sea Reef Foundation B (Alk) reasonable? Isn't it just a pure Sodium bicarbonate, which I can substitute with something that cost cents here?
Red see's part B is ~ $35 and Sodium bicarbonate ~ $5 here (for 1 kg.)
So far I've ever used the balling method with no original (main) substances, but bought locally from a chemistry store.:
Calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl[SUB]2[/SUB] · 2H[SUB]2[/SUB]O)
Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO[SUB]3[/SUB])
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl[SUB]2[/SUB] · 6H[SUB]2[/SUB]O)
Now I want to move to the Red Sea's reef care program.
I guess I should stick to the original calcium part (Red Sea Reef Foundation A (Ca/Sr)) just for the strontium and to magnesium part (Red Sea Reef Foundation C (Mg)) - the expense will not be great.
My question to you is only about the alkalinity part. Is using the much more expensive Red Sea Reef Foundation B (Alk) reasonable? Isn't it just a pure Sodium bicarbonate, which I can substitute with something that cost cents here?
Red see's part B is ~ $35 and Sodium bicarbonate ~ $5 here (for 1 kg.)