Recent content by elias1

a question for everyone about 2 weeks now i have been mixing in a cup :arrow: (3tsp CaCo3 99.5% USP grade 5ml acidic acid99% some water) a day later into the mix about 80% of the calcium dessolved. PH readingof the test cup was 8. i have made this recipe 3 times and added it to the reef...

does anyone take TDS readings of their reef tank water :?: if so what is it :?:

late last night i gave up and was in the process of throwing the cups in the sink with water to wash away. some water got into the cup that contains CaCo3 and acidic acid and gess what it was foaming and fising like crasy. so i retested the method water CaCo3 powder acidic acid and it worked...

i have repeated the test few times over the same results all this is to have more calcium into my reef well how about acidic acid and reef sand would that not be almost the same end result as using calcium reactor

yes it is CaCo3 bought it from a chemical and food grade lab

i am not much of a chemist a couple of days ago i bought acetic acid 99.5%, calcium carbonate 98.5% USP grade and kalkwasser and my oolitic sand from my reef tank. in 3 different cups i added a 1tsp of each of the calcium product above and 1tsp of the acidic acid into each cup few hrs...