drip dosing BRS soda ash

ive been using the BRS Recipe 1 (Alkalinity Solution) Soda Ash to raise my alkalinity. Ive only want to raise it about 1dkh in a 24 hour period. Ive been using a fish acclimation drip line to dose it into my tank. My question is, how long should it take to dose 25ml or 0.08oz into a 40 gal system? Or how long between drips? Ive been doing about one drop per 4 seconds?

 

good question, i have no idea.. i would think 1 drop ever 4 seconds should be fine. recheck dkh levels 24hrs later and adjust next dose.. if no one else can help maybe try emailing BRS.?

 

good idea. they are a super rad company. Just didnt think of that.

 

You could dilute the mixture into your freshwater top off.

FWIW, I dump in about 50 mils at a time on my 120 gallon into a high flow area of the sump and have never had a problem.


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I have a doser set to add alk every 2 hours.

At that amount you could simply slowly pour it in a high flow area of the sump.

 

You are looking at a little over 1ml per hour which is 3600 seconds. You probably need to be at 1 drop every couple of minutes.