ghostface Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 im about to use baking soda to raise dkh. anyone have any pointers or warnings? using http://www.kademani.com/reefchem.htm as a guide for dosage amounts. anyone know the equation to convert meg/l into kh? what are peoples opinions of the ideal meg/l alkalinity level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hi ghostface, I not a saltwater person,sorry don't know much about them, and if the amounts will even be the same for Saltwater Fishies as it is for Tropicals, but anywayz I will tell you what I know anyway, 1/2 Tspn to 100 Ltrs. Good Luck Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Try this calculator previously posted http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/reactor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 that dont work rossco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hmmm...how about this? http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 saltwater = 2 heaped teaspoons per 300 litres. This will raise DKH by 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gunner Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 I don't know if this might help you: hardness Units: .............Eq in ppm CaCO3: 1 mEq/l............................. 50 ppm ppm CaCO3........................... 1.0 ppm 1 grain CaCO3/US gal................ 17.1 ppm Clark (eng) 1grain/impGal........... 14.3 ppm 10ppm(france) CaCO3................. 10.0 ppm 1 dKH (Germany) 10ppmCaO............ 17.9 ppm If you want to do the conversions: (mEq/l) X 50 = ppm CaCO3 (mEq) X 2.8 = dKH (dKH) divided by 2.8 = mEq/l (dKH)X 1.25 = Clark ( English hardness units) (Clark) X 14.3 = ppm (Clark) X 0.8 = dKH ppm X 0.07 = Clark ppm X 0.05 = Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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