Hi All,
My tank has maintained stability that started with red sea foundation ABC + trace ABCD. Then, i switched the alk to diy soda ash which helped with better pH. A few weeks ago I ran out of redsea calcium, went to the LFS, and the person recommended the ESV bionic calcium so I got the part 2 calcium only
I have a pretty good tap on my daily consumption so it wasn't hard to figure out the daily dosage of the esv vs red sea cal so cal level stayed the same.
Now I've been reading more about esv and how its supposed to be used together with its alk part1 but honestly I'm confused by why?
1) whats the benefit of using ESV alk part 1 at the same time? Is it just bc they make it match the consumption ratio so you can dose equal volume? Seem pretty silly if that's the only benefit and I can just do some simple math to get the alk dosage volume I need with my diy soda ash to maintain alk level
2) is the part 1 carbonate or bicarbonate? Now I'm using soda ash bc the pH boost is a big reason. If the esv part 1 is bicarbonate (like red sea foundation B) then it'll probably be negative for my pH.
3) esv part 2 seem to contain trace elements as well. Does this mean I can stop with red sea trace abcd?
4) I separately dose red sea C for mag manually as it depletes (pretty slowly). Can I still use that or do I now need to use the separate esv magnesium supp that they separely sell?
My tank has maintained stability that started with red sea foundation ABC + trace ABCD. Then, i switched the alk to diy soda ash which helped with better pH. A few weeks ago I ran out of redsea calcium, went to the LFS, and the person recommended the ESV bionic calcium so I got the part 2 calcium only
I have a pretty good tap on my daily consumption so it wasn't hard to figure out the daily dosage of the esv vs red sea cal so cal level stayed the same.
Now I've been reading more about esv and how its supposed to be used together with its alk part1 but honestly I'm confused by why?
1) whats the benefit of using ESV alk part 1 at the same time? Is it just bc they make it match the consumption ratio so you can dose equal volume? Seem pretty silly if that's the only benefit and I can just do some simple math to get the alk dosage volume I need with my diy soda ash to maintain alk level
2) is the part 1 carbonate or bicarbonate? Now I'm using soda ash bc the pH boost is a big reason. If the esv part 1 is bicarbonate (like red sea foundation B) then it'll probably be negative for my pH.
3) esv part 2 seem to contain trace elements as well. Does this mean I can stop with red sea trace abcd?
4) I separately dose red sea C for mag manually as it depletes (pretty slowly). Can I still use that or do I now need to use the separate esv magnesium supp that they separely sell?