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Well in a couple months, I'm gonna go mad scientist on my tank. Once I am done with the Red Sea program, I want to use my own home made trace elements and dose them based upon ICP testing (yeah I'm gonna do a quarterly ICP test once I start this process). I know there are ready made solutions for everything trace element, but part of the fun is doing it myself (at the same time saving a little $$$ never hurts).
So starting this thread so I can reference later once I start getting in the elements. Below is a list of what I'll want to dose (whether it makes sense to or not ) with the links that I found for making your own trace:
Ideally, this thread can be the one-stop shop for mixing your own trace elements. Will work with the brains of this operation @JimWelsh and @Randy Holmes-Farley to add the necessary formulas below each element below. The idea is to set a standard of 1 liter water per quantity of element to raise 25 gallons a certain level. This way it will be easy for everyone to adjust the DIY elements according to their tank volumes.
NOTE: All formulas are based upon dosing 25 gallons of water
Chromium - (Chromium Potassium Sulfate)
Cobalt -
Copper -
Fluorine/Fluoride -
Iron -
Nickel -
Silicate -
Tin / Stannum -
Zinc -
Questionable to add:
Aluminum -
Barium - (Barium Hydroxide Octahydrate)
Lithium -
Rubidium -
Silver -
Of course I could just buy these already made, but for me part of the adventure will be DIY and the experimentation that comes along with it. Hope not to kill everything in my system
Great articles to read:
So starting this thread so I can reference later once I start getting in the elements. Below is a list of what I'll want to dose (whether it makes sense to or not ) with the links that I found for making your own trace:
Ideally, this thread can be the one-stop shop for mixing your own trace elements. Will work with the brains of this operation @JimWelsh and @Randy Holmes-Farley to add the necessary formulas below each element below. The idea is to set a standard of 1 liter water per quantity of element to raise 25 gallons a certain level. This way it will be easy for everyone to adjust the DIY elements according to their tank volumes.
NOTE: All formulas are based upon dosing 25 gallons of water
- Alkalinity - DIY Alkalinity
- Boron - DIY Boron (Borax)
- Bromine - DIY Bromine (Sodium Bromide)
- Calcium - DIY Calcium (Calcium Chloride)
- 1000 ml water to 180 grams increases 1 ppm each 1 ml
- Iodine/Iodide - DIY Iodide (Potassium Iodide)
- Magnesium - DIY Magnesium
- Manganese - DIY Manganese (Manganese Sulfate)
- Molybdenum - DIY Molybdenum - (Sodium Molybdenum)
- Nitrate - Planted Tank Calculator (Potassium Nitrate)
- 1000 ml water to 1 gram Potassium Nitrate increases 0.01 ppm each 1 ml
- Phosphate - Planted Tank Calculator (Potassium Phosphate)
- 1000 ml water to 1 gram Potassium Phosphate increases 0.01 ppm each 1 ml
- Potassium - Planted Tank Calculator (Potassium Sulfate)
- 1000 ml water to 210 grams increases 1 ppm each 1 ml
- Strontium - DIY Strontium Recipe (Strontium Chloride)
- Brightwell-P formula (1 (mg/L) * 25 (gallons) * 3.785 (liters per gallon) = 94.625 mg of Sr )
- 1000 ml water to 94.625 grams increases 1 ppm
- Vanadium - DIY Vanadium (Vanadium Pentoxide)
Chromium - (Chromium Potassium Sulfate)
Cobalt -
Copper -
Fluorine/Fluoride -
Iron -
Nickel -
Silicate -
Tin / Stannum -
Zinc -
Questionable to add:
Aluminum -
Barium - (Barium Hydroxide Octahydrate)
Lithium -
Rubidium -
Silver -
Of course I could just buy these already made, but for me part of the adventure will be DIY and the experimentation that comes along with it. Hope not to kill everything in my system
Great articles to read:
My Triton Testing Results: By Randy Holmes-Farley - REEFEDITION
Recently, Triton GmbH in Germany has initiated a method of testing many ions at once for a single price. In the US, that service is coordinated by Unique Corals. For $49 they will send you a couple of tubes to collect a tank water sample, and a prepaid mailer to send the sample back to them...
www.reefedition.com
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