Yes, I use the recipe where you buy each separate ingredient. I only dose 18ml/day and it keeps up with my Red Sea reefer 170 packed with acros. Great solution and I can’t believe it only needs one dosing pump.
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Can you make 5 gallon batches of it and will it keep long term?
Hmm why would it dilute? I don’t plan on putting it in the ATO? I just prefer making larger batches at once.
Generally, you are not trying to lower those, but to raise things like potassium, sulfate, magnesium, etc. Sure, those things are related at fixed salinity, but Na and Cl together are such a big fraction of ions in seawater, that they will only rise a small amount even when the other things are getting depleted.I have the T.M. Balling system but am hesitant to use the Part C because ICP tests are indicating fairly normal Na and Cl levels. Since the 3 parts are intended to be dosed equally, is it safe to use the Part C when Na and Cl are "normal" to start with?
I thought that over time Na and Cl accumulate, so by adding more salt that excludes Na and Cl, that will bring everything except NaCl back up to balance (but more concentrated) so when diluted everything is in balance. So, if that is correct, then if all salts are in balance to start with and we add Part C, wouldn’t all the salts other than NaCl end up higher and out of balance once the solution is diluted?Generally, you are not trying to lower those, but to raise things like potassium, sulfate, magnesium, etc. Sure, those things are related at fixed salinity, but Na and Cl together are such a big fraction of ions in seawater, that they will only rise a small amount even when the other things are getting depleted.
I personally would err on the side of using it vs not using it even if NaCl seemed fine.
That would be totally correct if we allowed the specific gravity to increase with the NaCl increase. But since we ad the fresh water to dilute the entire solution, the NaCl returns to "almost" normal levels while everything else gets depleted. Because there is so much NaCL in the solution, a very small, almost indistinguishable increase in the NaCl corresponds to a massive decrease in the trace elements that are in such minute concentrations.I thought that over time Na and Cl accumulate, so by adding more salt that excludes Na and Cl, that will bring everything except NaCl back up to balance (but more concentrated) so when diluted everything is in balance. So, if that is correct, then if all salts are in balance to start with and we add Part C, wouldn’t all the salts other than NaCl end up higher and out of balance once the solution is diluted?
I thought that over time Na and Cl accumulate, so by adding more salt that excludes Na and Cl, that will bring everything except NaCl back up to balance (but more concentrated) so when diluted everything is in balance. So, if that is correct, then if all salts are in balance to start with and we add Part C, wouldn’t all the salts other than NaCl end up higher and out of balance once the solution is diluted?
If I does equal parts balling A B and C to keep alk at 8.5, I cannot overdose trace or mag right? And this gives me all 70 trace right?That would be totally correct if we allowed the specific gravity to increase with the NaCl increase. But since we ad the fresh water to dilute the entire solution, the NaCl returns to "almost" normal levels while everything else gets depleted. Because there is so much NaCL in the solution, a very small, almost indistinguishable increase in the NaCl corresponds to a massive decrease in the trace elements that are in such minute concentrations.
This is, of course, not a 1 to 1, exact relationship. But "in principle" plays out as a very difficult thing to measure from the NaCl side.
No, because T.M. Balling doesn't include the trace elements (unlike others, like ESV or Triton, for example). I don't like the ones that include the trace elements because you have to be careful and make sure you dose the Parts equally (because there are trace elements in the Ca AND Alk components which will be thrown out of balance if the parts aren't dosed equally). I find that rarely, when using any 2-Part, will dosing the two parts give you the perfect Ca level and Alk level that you want so you always end up with other solutions (usually a buffer) to fine tune your levels when using a system that has the trace elements mixed in (because you are forced to dose them equally). If you use a 2-Part with no added trace elements, then you can just dose them unequally if necessary to get the levels you want.If I does equal parts balling A B and C to keep alk at 8.5, I cannot overdose trace or mag right? And this gives me all 70 trace right?
No, because T.M. Balling doesn't include the trace elements (unlike others, like ESV or Triton, for example).
No, don't think of Part C as a "trace elements supplement." It only has enough trace elements to balance what is in the Part C; not enough to supply the additional trace elements being "used up" by organisms (corals, etc).That's from them, part C is part of balling, and it does contain trace.
- Original Balling Component Part C - Trace Elements
I think the answer to my question is no because I am adding but not supplementing but I am not 100% on that so I want to confirm that and ask if all 70 trace are in there
That's from them, part C is part of balling, and it does contain trace.
- Original Balling Component Part C - Trace Elements
I think the answer to my question is no because I am adding but not supplementing but I am not 100% on that so I want to confirm that and ask if all 70 trace are in there