Calciun +alk randys recipe

[AlbertG]

Today i have the pleasure to have my friend benjamin AKA Luu78 in the forum come by my house and brig all the supplies to mix calcium and alkalinity randy's formula . I just want to say thanks and share some pics for who want to do their own !
Alk formula
2cups and a 1/4 cup of baking soda cook a 300 degrees for 1 hour

Baking soda

2.1/4 cups in a cooking tray

To the oven for aprox 1 hour


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[AlbertG]

Skelley please dont look at this its not what you think it is i promise


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[AlbertG]

While that its cooking we proceed to make the calcium which its easier


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[AlbertG]

Calcium formula

put about a 1/4 of gallon of water and add 1/2 a cup of driveway heat to the water .
Cover and mix . **Please becarefull depends what container you use it will get a little hot as its melting . **

**Alberts play Daddy yanky song shaky shaky while bens do all the work **

Add another half a cup if driveway heat and another 1/4 gallong of water and keep shaking

Repeat until you add total of two cups of driveway heat and 1 gallon of water .
Btw the container i use came from my Wife's and sister get toghether this pas weekend [emoji23]



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[AlbertG]

Final calcium product should look like this all dissolve little milky but it should b clear by tomorrow
Again calcium formula
*2 cups of prestone driveway heat and one gallon of RODI water
*Mix until all its dissolve .
Watch out for container getting hot .
**Play Shaky shaky son for xtra motivation and to add some fun
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[AlbertG]

Now after a cup of coffee and a a little fish tank talk .
Oven start beeping 1 hour has pass wow that was fast we must be busy talking like two old lady's in the living room


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[AlbertG]

all cook still looks the same

Now the trick to this is add the hot baking soda slow and mix on a open container stirring as you pour so it doesn't clump up .
Ben as he is asian decide to use chopsticks me by being Dominican i would of choose a folk or a spoon [emoji57]

Pour stir easy

After me making fun of ben for using chopsticks we both agreed on using a power tool [emoji23]

Pump inside the bucket and enjoy our coffee !



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[AlbertG]

That its the stuff we use . Cheap enough it was free for me ben brought over but I'm sure if you go to wall mart you have to pay some cash

This its the two gallons of final product if anyone decide to do this let me know i will rent you my friend so he can come over and doit for you to [emoji57]
Just make sure to feed him well and give him some frags also don't b offended when he start to scream at you on his language . Besides you probably wont understand i know i don't . This last 2 shots are just random pics of him doing just that .enjoy

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Thanks ben for your help .
Again this is going by Randy's formula the best we understand
Ben luu78 ben using this on his tank with great results . Use at your own risk .


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[AlbertG]

Also S.kelley please again look at the box its just Baking soda .


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[luu78]

Good laugh for to start my morning


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[Chris A.]

Love the elaborate details

 

[Cpage101]

How do you calculate calcium and the baking soda mixx for dosing to a particular level?


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[Chris A.]

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

 

[luu78]

Or reef calculator at bulk reef supply


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[Cpage101]

Thanks guys I will not be buying the BRS stuff anymore I was just unsure on the mixes. Now that they are called Randy's recipes I know what to look for This is the link to all randy's recipes #1 & #2 for anyone looking for them.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/#10



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[dz6t]

Just my personal preference, I won't use ice-melt for drive way to supplement calcium.
They are not meant to be used for any other purpose other than drive way, the quality is not guaranteed as well as their storage conditions. If you buy it in sealed bucket as Peladow is another story.
They can be contaminated easily due to the way they are packaged, transported and stored.
Calcium chloride is not that expansive, so to save a few bucks and put your thousands $ of coral at risk is totally not worth it.
The basking soda is fine though as it is food grade (I hope that is the type you are using).

 

[Cpage101]

So is peladow okay then


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[luu78]

The A&H baking soda I use is not food grade which is more purified with no aluminum I think. But big price difference when I checked. Ive been having luck with A&H baking soda though. Knock on wood

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[dz6t]

A&H food grade baking soda is available at Costco and supermarkets for dirt cheap, what kind of price difference are we looking at ?
Also, food grade baking soda is as pure as it can get.


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[dz6t]

Yes peladow that comes in sealed 5 gallon bucket are perfectly fine.
When Randy developed the two parts more than 15 years ago, Dowflake was available at homedepot as ice melt. Please keep in mind that Dow flake has many uses and it was then just cheap enough to be used as ice melt.
So please don't equal Dow flake as ice melt, it just happened to be used as such back years ago.



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