Recipe, or is it?
 

I was reading a few article about a cheaper, less inexpensive way to add to your tank, than buying this additives and supplements.

I read that borax can increase pH if you add correctly. Have anyone tried this? It sounds to good to be true, but I'm not sure if it is...

Second, I also read that Limewater (kalk.) increase calcium. Is that try? will it increase alkalinity? upset pH?

Any other cool recipes for calcium, pH, alkalinity, strontium, etc...?

[url]http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605[/url]

how you managed 1500 posts and missed all this is beyond me tough.

haha... thanks for the link, but I seen that.

Have you use any of these recipes?

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10622309#post10622309 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoCube-boy [/i]
[B]haha... thanks for the link, but I seen that.
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Try reading a few of them then :rolleyes:

haha.... cool thanks

Borax would serve as a source of borate, which would tend to peg the pH at 8.3. I wouldn't use it in a reef tank, because borate can't be used by corals for their skeletons and makes alkalinity testing an issue. For a fish-only system, I'd probably use SeaChem Marine Buffer, which is a borate alkalinity supplement. Commercial borax might be okay, but I wouldn't trust it without some analysis.

Limewater will add calcium and alkalinity, and there's a recipe for DIY 2-parts (like B-Ionic) on the page that's linked above.

Here's an article on choosing a supplementation:

[url]http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/chem.htm[/url]

And here's an article on homemade balanced supplements:

[url]http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php[/url]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the help and coments

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10622289#post10622289 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JetCat USA [/i]
[B][url]http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605[/url]

how you managed 1500 posts and missed all this is beyond me tough. [/B][/QUOTE]

you noticed that too :)

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10630307#post10630307 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by five.five-six [/i]
[B]you noticed that too :) [/B][/QUOTE]

even more so after the second post. seeing and reading are completely different things :D

haha

I gave a talk to our reef club last night about reef chemistry, and passed out some articles and summaries from Randy Farley and myself which condense much of the info on Reef Central. They describe chemicals you either want to add or remove, all of which you need to be monitoring. Here's the link to those documents:

[url]http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1193377[/url]

Jay (Neuro)

Where can I find Dowflakes(calcium chloride? I'm having problem find this item to make recipe for calcium part 1.

You can buy what you need from twopartsolutions.com

Thanks Melev.