I started dosing silica to my tank a week or so ago as part of my battle against dinos and per Randy's article. My tank is 225 gallons so the Brightwell SpongExcel doesn't last long and neither will the liquid silica solutions available (i.e. from Florida Aqua Farms which I'm using now) if I continue to does every couple of days. I've been looking at alternatives and found some sodium silicate powders. Will these work?
http://shop.chemicalstore.com/navigation/detail.asp?MySessionID=275-555432172&CatID=&id=SSG
or Amazon - Eastchem Sodium Silicate anhydrous (for some reason can't paste the link)
I assume I'll have to make up the powder into a solution. It's been many years since chemistry class but I assume I'll need to find out the ratio of Si in these powders to make the appropriate solution and figure out the dosing to get to 1 ppm Silica. Is there a downside to using these powders versus the liquid?
Mickey
http://shop.chemicalstore.com/navigation/detail.asp?MySessionID=275-555432172&CatID=&id=SSG
or Amazon - Eastchem Sodium Silicate anhydrous (for some reason can't paste the link)
I assume I'll have to make up the powder into a solution. It's been many years since chemistry class but I assume I'll need to find out the ratio of Si in these powders to make the appropriate solution and figure out the dosing to get to 1 ppm Silica. Is there a downside to using these powders versus the liquid?
Mickey
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