balling

I just placed an order from modern reef and will be switching over from ESV and moonshiners hoping that modern reef RKS system can combine the two into an easier to maintain dosing regimen for my SPS tank. Does anyone here currently use MR and have anything positive or negative to say about it?

Hello, my tank came with two bottles of ATI Essentials Pro, which have been used halfway through and have percipitated, even though i did heat them and shaken them it hasnt fixed the issue. My tank has softies and will upgrade to LPS and SPS in a few months at least. Its is around 300L with the...

Hey guys dialing in my system I'm going to give the balling method a try im trying to figure out how much to start dosing 95 total volume system My current parameters are Salinity 1.026 Alk 9.0 Cal 450 Mag 1280 nitrate 6.1 phos .03 I started dosing all for reef at 2ml daily 30 minutes before the...

Hello, I kindly ask you to verify my calculations for Randy's #1 Recipe for 5-liter solutions and dosing. Part 1 Calcium chloride dihydrate: 500g/3.87 (liters per gallon) equals 661g per 5 liters. Part 2 Baking soda: 594g per gallon corresponds to 786g per 5 liters. The baking soda is baked to...

Seeking responses from seasoned reefers who have employed multiple approaches. We are talking about the simplest supplementation method for a novice hobbist to understand and apply, not the optimal one.

Hello. I understand that using Calcium Chloride and Sodium Carbonate mean that i accumulate Sodium Chloride in my tank (in a good ratio if the products used for KH and Calcium use the good ratio like in the balling method). So we use the TM Part C (or other brand) to keep the good ratio into...

Hello, I wonder if any of you do not limit yourself only to balling method (with NaCl free salt), but also makes your own solutions of Bromine, Potassium, Iodine, Strontium and maybe even trace elements. Do you follow any specific recipes?

Hey there, Following @Randy Holmes-Farley advice and BRS videos, I am keen on trying Kalkwasser as the key source of Ca, Alkalinity and pH increase. The primary reason is the fact that it is supposedly straightforward followed by lack of additional NaCl accumulation which would require...

Hello, First of all - thanks Randy for your contribution to spreading knowledge on this forum. Without you I wouldn't learn many things I have never heard about it, despite the fact I do not like going with the easiest and most common solution and thus I like to explore and experiment. I...

I’ve been using randy’s recipe for many years and added Tropic marin’s part C 3 years ago. I also began toggling the alk additive between bicarbonate, soda ash and lye to finely tune and maintain a high; stable pH. Tropic marin’s recipe is very diluted- I would have to mix, store and dose over...

I’m part of a Brazillian group of reefers that get together every week to discuss online reefing topics (Amigos do Marinho, YT Chanel ForipaReef). I would like to share with you an interview we made with @Fauna Marin CEO, mr Claude Schumacher, where we discuss with him many interesting topics...

Hi! I never had the colours I wanted in my corals, so I decided to perform an ICP test. The only big gap was Iodine, so I started dosing RF Potassium Iodide manually. Just 2 drops per day and It made a HUGE difference! My dosing pumps have 3 part dosing (AF Components Pro) and Vodka. I'm...