"Balling Method" for supplementing

[Craig Manoukian]

Originally Posted by Dentoid

Oh, quit your balling!

Such a card Scott!

[Dentoid]

Te he!

[Dentoid]

Got my NaCl free salt today!

[Frankie]

My goodness look at this thread! You all are making this hobby so much work!

[Craig Manoukian]

Report due Scott!

[Woodstock]

I got my Nacl-free salt also (thanks Drew!). I still need to get;

• Ultrapower Trace #1, #2, #3
• Fauna marin Ultramin S
• 3 x 2.5 gal containers
• dosing pump

I also still need to determine where it is all going to be installed and I will need to remove my kalkwasser reservoir and revamp my ATO.
I would like to install the ro/di line into a smaller reservoir (maybe a 4 gallon) that will replace my current 10 gal kalkwasser reservoir. I've been filling up the kalkwasser reservoir by hand every 2-3 days and it is a PITA. I need to figure out how to set up float switches in the new ro/di reservoir.... I'll think start a new thread for that issue

[hma]

Ho ho ho sound's like christmas .......


it goes further with small steps.


BTW .... I write my measuring values and the amounts of the single Balling solutions for each week in an Excel Sheet. If somebody is interested, I can show you the excel sheet as a picture and do explain briefly striking changes?

[Woodstock]

Heinz, I would like to study your spreadsheet. Specifically, I want to create a graph showing the monthly average usage for each solution. That should give me a good idea of how large my containers should be.

[hma]

Ok Doni Marie .... here are the sheet:



The spreadsheet shows the last 12 weeks. In the first week I used Tropic Marin PRO salt. I changed the salt at march 7. 2008 (Red coral sea (not to buy in the US)) what you clearly in rise of the values can recognise. The anew used salt has substantially more magnesium and calcium. But by the careful adapt one remains always in the norm.

hope it helps?

[Woodstock]

Thank you Heinz. That helps to show I can probably get two smaller containers for #1 and #3 but a larger one for #2. Which will help to save space!

Is the "To Dose" a daily or weekly value?

I do realize that my reef's needs will be different from yours but both are soft coral dominated and approximately the same size so the needs should be similar.

[hma]

Hello Doni Marie,


"to dose" is a daily value, it shows how much I daily has dosed up to the next measurement.

The consumption of calcium and magnesium is still relatively low. This can be in your tank substantially more, above all when much more SPS corals are in the aquarium and if one does a water change, e.g., only once a month or all 2 weeks.

[Anselth]

Doni, found these while looking at the bulk supplies: Drew's Doser

I'm poking around to see what I can find out about them, but it looks at first glance like these would be hooked up to a controller to time how long they are on. Since they pump at 1.6 mL/minute, should be simple to control the amount you dose each day.

[hma]

Originally Posted by Anselth

Doni, found these while looking at the bulk supplies: Drew's Doser

I'm poking around to see what I can find out about them, but it looks at first glance like these would be hooked up to a controller to time how long they are on. Since they pump at 1.6 mL/minute, should be simple to control the amount you dose each day.

You are the SUPER TROOPER Adam .... this pump is PERFECT for Balling, it is a 4 wheel pump, absolut perfect in combination with an aquarium computer !

[Anselth]

Thanks Heinz, that's what I thought. I might start balling sooner than I thought I would!

[BarbMazz]

Thanks, Adam... that's a very reasonably priced dosing pump! I've bookmarked that site.