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Originally Posted by Randy Holmes-Farley
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Thanks Randy,
I noticed on the other thread a person noted they had to order the Fergon (I too am not able to find it locally) and it ended up being more difficult than buying a commercial aquarium supplement. It would be nice if we could develop a DIY recipe from a list of readily available ingredients for greater flexibility.
Ironically, I have sourced the other constituents listed in my earlier post. Would you know if they would work? We use Ferric Chloride at work instead of Ferrous Sulfate, but it is a source of Fe(III), not Fe(II) and we combine it with EDTA, not sodium citrate. The solution is specifically used for dosing Iron in closed marine systems, but I always like to double check to see if there would be significant benefit to use one ingredient over the other.
I have also found out that Eno might be a suitable source of sodium citrate at 2.68g of sodium citrate/5g packet. Can you think of any reason why we couldn't use Eno?
Dan