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05/18/2013, 08:40 PM | #76 |
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great
thanks for sharing the important info I failed to ask for!
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05/18/2013, 08:55 PM | #78 |
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I think everyone is in agreement that b-ionic is a great product. In post #2 I said that it was great but it gets expensive. I personally find the extra cost is a small price to pay for added stability when stability after all is key to sps. I will continue to use b-ionic as long as it's available.
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05/18/2013, 09:38 PM | #79 |
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Maybe I missed it but all I keep,reading is how B-ionic is snake oil that you pay extra for when you can make it for less.....this is true you can make your own 2 part for a lot less, but its not better and sometimes you get what you pay for. Does anyone have access to a lab where they can test the two samples and compare the findings? I already posted what was sent to me years ago about this product and think its a better way to go. $90 bucks for 5 gallons of B- ionic would last most sps keepers over a years supply. I just think home made two part is good ESV bionic is just better.
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05/19/2013, 06:10 AM | #80 |
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based on my current consumption @ 65ml per day the bulk buckets will last me 232 days. When I bought the BRS and did DIY I found that I had to dose significantly more than what was suggested in order to maintain my levels.
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05/19/2013, 08:54 AM | #81 |
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Sorry that was a little funny
I don't see anything Gary has said as being negative. I have been keeping up with this thread since I recently cut back all my corals and my calcium reactor is irritating me. I may try dosing (never done it before on a big tank) so I will stay tuned... I might try Bionic, but then again I have never looked at the price. So we will see. He is asking a question that no one is answering though. |
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I may have missed it but what question is that?
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05/19/2013, 09:14 AM | #83 |
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i use esv and dose kalk, ive had many talks with Bob about his products. ive tried the diy two parts and was never happy with them, for the actually little amount of $ saved it isnt worth it in my time nor hoping that i put the exact amount of stuff in, and didnt like having to dose almost twice as much. i will say that i dont use his kalk powder though, for that i use mrs wages pickling lime $2.50 a bag. and i had used esv kalk before and had same results to the eye as well as levels tested
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not to side track
but I've used calcium hydroxide offered by most of the major sources: Ball's, Mrs. Wages, TLF, ESV, Kent, Seachem, BRS etc.
A few seemed to have slightly more impurities than others... and the pickling lime brands seemed to have the most. (Impurities accumulate at the bottom precip.) Right now I'm working off the big bucket of BRS calcium hydroxide and there's no way I could tell it apart from ESV kalk powder except that I saved a lot of money getting it at BRS. (Although cost effective, I didn't like what I saw in the pickling lime brands so I stopped using them.)
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I am just starting out in SPS so I would like the convenience factor of ESV. I would like to know what equipment you use when you do use two part regardless of who the manufacturer is. BRS sells kits containing their product and equipment but to my knowledge ESV doesn't. Can you provide me with your recommendations as to which dosers and containers to buy.
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I cant find 5 gals of b-ionic, where can I buy it in this size? Thanks
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OK, I've been using BRS 2 part for a year and thanks to this thread I'm considering making the switch to B-Ionic.
Could someone please answer a few questions for me? I'm assuming I can just use my current BRS 2-Part Dosers? More importantly - my Calc and Alk are pretty rock stable. I add 12 ml/day of Calcium Chloride, 19 ml/day of Sodium Bicarbonate in a 70 gallon system. Where should I start with b-ionic? I really would like to keep my parameters as stable as possible. Thanks for the help!
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http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html enter volume, and then see how much of your method you need to raise kh by 1 Dkh, then change to B-ionic and see if you need more of it or less to make the same change. the calculator is prety good and trusted, but the concentrate B-ionic you have to dilute so mistakes could be made. |
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Thanks! The Calcium supplement looks like an identical dose which is easy, and the Alk supp about 1/4th as much.
I'm always surprised how little I use compared to how packed my tank is.
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How about some advice on the dosing equipment?
Can you provide me with your recommendations as to which dosers and containers to buy. Some snap shots of your equipment set-up would be beneficial. |
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now I use a GHL doser .... does the same, maybe a bit more accurate. for container, I use the ones that it comes in. I get large buckets. you have choice between alot of dosers, GHL, vertex, BM, and so on ... they all do the same. |
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05/22/2013, 02:40 PM | #97 |
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Thank you Allmost, I was getting ready to shell out 200.00 on a system, 60.00 is much more attractive and I can still achieve the same goal with money left over for another Mille!
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if you go with aqualifter, do check the flow weekly and get some extra suction cups, the alk part seems to make it go slower and clog it within a month or so.
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At what rate does the aqua lifter dose?
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not sure, but its drip.
what I used to do [still do for my other tanks] is to have a check valve at the output, to stop 1. back siphoning and emptying what is in the line, and 2 slow the flow down more. I usually make 5 gallons of ESV so thats prety diluted and easy to dose. but I should point out again. a nice doser is MUCH better, and much more accurate. I am by no means saying use aqualifter .... I just posted it as one option, which is better than/easier than manual dosing ... it is by no means better or equal to a nice auto doser.. Edit : its 3 gallon per hour, which is 0.05 Gallon per minute, which is 3 ml per second, with no head pressure. the chck valve lowers it to about 1-3 ml per second. |
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