Aqua Forest Kh buffer

[Seregus]

Greeting everyone,

I started dosing during cycle Aqua Forest Kh Buffer since its super easy to get and now calculating prices and something does not look right.

Basically they have Kh buffer liquid and powder.

Powder is weaker since they say 80g in 1l, and resulting liquid 100ml will rise kH by 2.6 in 100l (recommended price 33 euro per 5kg). Meaning 62.5l finished product with resulting 1625 units in 100l. So one euro gets you almost 50 units rise.

While liquid Pro version is 5ml rises kH by 0.5 in 100l (recommended price for 2l bucket is 28 euro). Meaning 200 units in 100l. One euro gets you 7 units.

And finally liquid Plus version by using 10ml rises kH by 0.5 in 100l (recommended price for 2l bucket is 30 euro per 2l). Meaning 100 units in 100l. One euro gets you 3 units.


So is this even make sense??? Powder version costs 7 times cheaper…yes it will be least concentrated version since same 0.5dkh in 100l you will need to dose not 5, not 10, but 20ml… but 7 times cheaper? Comparing to pro, to plus its 16 times cheaper…

I mean is it because powder is so much easier to store/transfer, I guess???

PS: Pro version adds pottasium as a bonus…

 

[Gumbies R Us]

@Randy Holmes-Farley

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Not all alkalinity products are the same chemicals, resulting in common differences in cost and potency.

Powders are universally cheaper than liquids since the company does much less work to make it, and requires smaller packaging.

Let's look closer...

1. Aquaforest KH Buffer.
1200 g costs 10.5 Euros
composition: like sodium bicarbonate since it makes no claim of pH boosting

2. KH plus
1 L costs 20.79 euros (much more per added chemical than #1 powder)
composition may just be #1 in water

3. KH Pro
1L costs 27.90 euros and is more potent than #2, explaining why it costs more
composition: likely sodium carbonate plus potassium salts.
Sodium carbonate allows higher potency
I would not use this product unless you carefully monitor potassium as it may rise excessively