Brightwell calcium sucks

the max that i can raise my calcium a day by their "maximum daily dosage" is 1.25 ppm!

what in the world!! thats it!

what calcium does everyone use and how do they dose?

 

okay...now i feel down....i made a stupid mistake....

1 pm = 50 mEq/L

my test kits results are in mEq/L... so i can raise my calcium by about 65 mEq/L... haha

that sounds a bit better......

 

well wait.. i think my math is still wrong!

ahhhh

haha
after making the stock solution of 10 grams in 8 fl.oz. 1 ml of that solution raises 1 gal 2.5 ppm...

max dosage is 10ml per 20 gal daily.

i have 100 total gallons...so i can dose 50 ml daily. which means i can raise by calcium by 1.25 pm. right?

1.25 ppm = 1 mg/L (because i was all wrong in my second post)


UNITS ARE MESSING ME UP!

correct me if im wrong please.

 

Your math is wrong. 1 mg/L = 1 ppm. Two different ways of saying the exact same thing.

 

haha yeah thats what i meant

not 1.25 ppm = 1 mg/L its equal

but...is that right... can i only raise my calcium by 1.25 pm daily?

that just seems like so little to me...

 

here is a good article to read about brightwell products
Brightwell Aquatics "Two Thumbs up!!!" - Reef Central Online Community

 

here is another helpful article to help with calcium a very cheap 4 dollar product and it is the only thing i use for calcium.

What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

 

oh wow randy holmes goes on about how bad chris brightwells chemicals are...



i did notice on the label... beginner says 2 grams is about 1/2 teaspoon but the the advanced says that 10 grams is 5 teaspoons...

huh? whats a teaspoon equal!!! this makes no sense....

 

i have had non negative results with amino acid and vitamin c. but its crazy to see him totally trash talking it

 

I use instant ocean calcium test. Probibly by the best. Bit I'm going to use it til I'm out and get another.

It gives mg/l.

I believe it's brightwells label that's wrong. The label contradicts itself.

 

i use kalk and bulkreefsupplys calcium pellets for all my cal supplimation

 

Yeah. I use kalk as well. I have a diy kalk reactor that's working great so far.

How is bulk reef supplys chemicals? They almost seem too good to be true. Are they of good quality? Consistant throughout the bucket? Etc?

 

they are great the soda ash for alk is a powder that is all pure soda ash that you mix in a gallon of water. and the cal is a bag of pure calcium chloride pellets like dow flake that you just mix a certian amount in ro water. these are all pure forms of chmicals.

i have use them for over a year and they are great. i will keep buting these from them. i buy the two-part starter kit then i will get the large kit next time.

 

wow...maybe i will give them a shot. im so scheptical about the chemicals i use. i dont want to put just anything in my tank.

i see so many amazing tanks on this site and others and i really want to have mine look like that