Switching from Red Sea Alk powder to BRS sodium carbonate

[kaceyo]

Right now I'm using the Red Sea powder to dose alk by hand. I mix 100 grams to 1 gal RODI as in directions and dose 24ml p/d. I want to switch over to BRS soda ash and have just bought a Kamoer X1 to dose the new solution. Can anyone tell me aprox how much of the BRS soda ash, mixed as directed, is equal to the amount of Red Sea mix I've been adding? It should be much less as the Red Sea powder mixes up weeker than the Red Sea liquid Alk solution.

Kacey

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

You should expect to use roughly 60% as much sodium carbonate as the Red Sea alkalinity Foundation B powder.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I’m pretty sure the Red Sea web site has an error for knowing concentrations

Red Sea's KH/Alkalinity | Foundation B -Balanced Coral Skeleton formation

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There is no way that 2.7 g powder is equal in potency to 9 mL of their alk additive. That much will never dissolve.