This is itI use their pharma grade which takes 2 1/3 cups of soda ash to a gallon of water. Are you using the same stuff? I've never had an issue with baked baking soda or the BRS version.
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This is itI use their pharma grade which takes 2 1/3 cups of soda ash to a gallon of water. Are you using the same stuff? I've never had an issue with baked baking soda or the BRS version.
If you look really close are you sure it’s fully dissolved? I have trouble getting mine to fully dissolve. Hour or two of warm water bath and shaking until mine looks clear and no flakes.
Any update on this? I have a thread going looking for answers to what seems to be the same issue when I dose my BRS alk part.
Why do you people continue to throw money away on BRS soda ash when plain old baking soda(same thing their using in their "pharma" pouch) is just so cheap and does not precipitate out. Soda ash increases the PH which can also cause it to precipitate more. Plain baking soda while not as strong(requires more to be used), does not create a PH spike when adding and will not precipitate out as easy.
FWIW, BRS based their dosing chemicals off of @Randy Holmes-Farley's DIY 2 part.
Is there a reason why when I add BRS soda ash to increase Alk it precipitates so rapidly? My Mg is at least 1350 and Ca around 460. I’ll have to retest parameters this afternoon. But nevertheless this has been going on since I first bought the 2 part pharma. I add a little bit at a time right above my power head but yet the majority still manages to precipitate. I also have some Brightwell Reef code B and that does not
precipitate. Any ideas?
I just started 2 part dosing with BRS pharma pouches. The soda ash turned to snow as soon as it hits the water. I followed all the mixing instructions properly and the soda is fully dissolved. I have a dosing pump that slowly adds 4 ml of soda ash daily. It is dosed in the highest flow area of my tank. The snow gets blown around quite a bit so I know the area has enough flow. I'm not sure why it is doing this. Mg is 1460 and Ca is 440. I'm trying to keep my kh at 9. Very low demand zoa tank. I'm thinking of diluting the soda ash mixture by %50 and then just dosing double. I may be switching to baking soda after this bag of soda ash runs out. What's the deal BRS?
FWIW, I've never had luck with soda ash. IMO, people use it for the added benefit of a TEMPORARY pH increase. As soon as I switched to dosing with baking soda all my alk issues went away. Don't be afraid of the decrease in pH. It's only temporary and very slight.
100% agree.FWIW, I've never had luck with soda ash. IMO, people use it for the added benefit of a TEMPORARY pH increase. As soon as I switched to dosing with baking soda all my alk issues went away. Don't be afraid of the decrease in pH. It's only temporary and very slight.
100% agree.
FWIW, I've never had luck with soda ash. IMO, people use it for the added benefit of a TEMPORARY pH increase. As soon as I switched to dosing with baking soda all my alk issues went away. Don't be afraid of the decrease in pH. It's only temporary and very slight.