Originally Posted by
evanjah
http:///forum/post/3256823
two little fishes c- balance
too watered down, your paying for a whole lot of purified water (compare to others) though it will work just as well all the same, you'll just be using, buying and paying for alot more than with other popular 2 parts.
http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html
all the major brands will get the job done. DIY/randy farley-holmes recipes, BRS, TB aquatics ect are based on calcium chloride and baking soda while some of the more formal brands claim to add other minor and major seawater elements. there is no way to verify their competency other than using reputable brands nor are they required as thousands maintain all types of reefs with calcium chloride, baking soda and sometimes a magnesium supplement depending on salt mix used. any brand shown in the calculator link above will be fine as will several others that arent listed. here cost, product concentation and reputation should be considered. For example there is no way to verify how good or bad B-ionic actually is but it doesn't take much of a google search to sumise its one of the most popular and trusted off the shelf two parts and has been for years. same goes for bulk reef supply as far as the bulk mix yourself suppliers. as seen already your always going to have those that love what the next guy doesn't care for.
I use seachem reef complete and reef carbonate. not a 2 part (cant dose in equal parts but the main ingredients are the same just not the concentrations). Not as economical as the bulk suppliers but way cheaper than all the 2 parts as the calcium chloride concentration is 2-4 times higher than those in most 2 parts (you'll go thru 4 bottles of C balance calcium part by the time I'm done with one bottle of reef complete). I find this a happy medium between not being ripped off by 2 part prices (for the sake of dosing in equal parts) and not having to mix bulk supplies myself. doesn't hurt reef complete also takes care of strontium and magnesium (although I still have to add additional magnesium). cost me about $9 and no labor a month to maintain ca and alk presently using these.
