Balling Individual Plus Methode



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It is, in my view, the easiest, most accurate and effektivst method to add calcium , magnesium, carbonate hardness and other needed supplements like amino acids and vitamins. In Germany we call them Balling. I use a slight variation known as Balling Complete +Plus but in the meantime I call them Balling Individual PLUS! With the individual use of the Balling method calcium, carbonate hardness and magnesium are always measured independently of each other, accordingly of the respective need. For the Balling Individual Plus Method, you need four different chemicals, tree different Trace-Element-Solutions (as shown below), amino acids and vitamins which compound in the tank to the needed calcerous subtances. I will not confuse you with exact chemical formulas, but show you a simple but effective way of providing your animals with calcium, magnesium and ALL other needed.

The Classic Balling Method is meanwhile one of the most popular methods in Germany for providing your reef-tank ONLY with calcium and carbonate hardness.

German reefers have adjusted this method to today's needs and have created the Balling Light Method. Balling-light works without calculating and wasteful gram-precise mixing of chemicals. Balling-light means adding the needed minerals like calcium, magnesium and carbonates separate and after the requirement of your tank. For that, three different solutions are prepared and added at some minutes distance (to prevent precipitations) to the tank. As the first one measures in the early morning from can 2 (carbonats). The reason is rather simple. In the early morning the carbonate hardness as well as the pH factor is the lowest. As the second should be measured in the course of the day magnesium from can 3. Magnesium is measured before calcium then there it comes to substantially lower precipitations than in reverse order. As the last one should always measure calcium from can 1. Moreover is suited best of all the evening or also the night.

As the requirement of each tank is different, how much of each solution should be added to your tank has to be detected in the course of some days on your own; this is valid for each of the before called Balling methods. Therefore you start with adding 10-20ml/100 liter of each solution and measuring the actual value before and some hours afterwards. Now you know how the value changes and you are able to calculate the needed quantity.

You need for ALL Balling Methods three solutions in three separate 10-liter (2,5 gallons) cans., they differ merely in her composition as shown below.



INSTRUCTIONS:

Now, I have all three cans connected to a GROTECH TEC III dosing controller. Each solution has to be dosed according to the size of the tank. At the beginning, calcium, magnesium and alkalinity have to be checked daily and the dosing quantity has to be adjusted at the controller. The GroTech controller is very suitable for that, as each channel can be adjusted individually and the solutions can be dosed twice a day at some minute intervals.

You can do this also by hand. After round two weeks, ones personal need will be detected and adjusted. The quantities in each can can now be calculated and varied by you. Through Balling-light a small quantity of sodium chloride will arise in your tank. To avoid accumulation it should be compensated by periodical water change (10% each week). Also, always check the salinity of your water and adjust it if necessary.

Essential trace elements needed for the growth of corals can be dosed automatically. And that is it. Easy, accurat and effectiv ....



THE BALLING TRACE-ELEMENT SOLUTIONS

For Balling I mix six different trace element solutions. Balling light as well as Balling Individual Plus accounted for three of them (II, V and VI). The classical Balling method uses neither trace elements nor amino acids.


Solution I 37,57gr. Bariumchlorid-Dihydrat (BaCl2 × 2 H2O) in 1 Liter RO water


Solution II
243,45 gr. Strontiumchlorid-Hexahydrat (SrCl2 × 6 H2O) plus 10 ml trace element solution I in 1 Liter RO water


Solution III
= 4 gr. Kobalt(II)-chlorid-Hexahydrat (CoCl2 × 6 H2O) in 100 ml RO Water


Solution IV
18,46 gr. Mangansulfat-Hydrat (MnSO4 × 1 H2O)
9,82 gr. Kupfer(II)-sulfat-Pentahydrat (CuSO4 × 5 H2O)
8,8 gr. Zinksulfat-Heptahydrat (ZnSO4 × 7 H2O)
8,9 gr. Nickel(II)-sulfat-Hexahydrat (NiSO4 × 6 H2O)
32,45 gr. Chrom(III)-chlorid-Hexahydrat (CrCl3 × 6 H2O)
plus 10 ml trace element solution III in 1 Liter H2O


Solution V
4 gr. Eisen(II)-sulfat-Heptahydrat (FeSO4 × 7 H2O)
plus 10 ml trace element solution IV in 1 Liter RO Water


Solution VI
2,5 gr. Kaliumjodid (KaJ)
plus 13,3 g Natriumfluorid (NaF) in 1 Liter RO Water

Only the trace element solutions 2, 5 and 6 are to the added to the 3 Balling solutions .


Of course you can also use in trade available (in the right relation mixed) trace element solutions instead of the self-made solutions. Here I can recommend the suitable products from Fauna Marin as well as Tropic Marin. Because these products can change in the course of the years and you may have questions on this subject; in this case send me an e-mail, I answer with pleasure and as fast as possible.




THE CLASSIC BALLING

1. can: 715 gr. Calcium Chloride-Dihydrate in 10 Liter RO Water

2. can: 840 gr. Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate in 10 liter RO water.

3.can 250 gr. Sea Salt without Sodium Chloride



THE BALLING LIGHT

1. can: 715 gr. Calcium Chloride-Dihydrate in 10 Liter RO Water

2. can: 840 gr. Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate in 10 liter RO water.

3.can 550 gr. Magnesium Chloride-Hexahydrate 80 gr. Magnesium Sulfate-Heptahydrate in 10 liter RO water.

(A must in this case is a 10% waterchange each week , NO seasalt without NaCl is used with this method)



THE BALLING INDIVIDUAL PLUS

1. can: 715 gr. Calcium Chloride-Dihydrate in 10 Liter RO Water plus 50ml trace element solution II plus 50ml trace element solution V

2. can: 840 gr. Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate in 10 liter RO water. plus 50ml trace element solution VI

3.can 250 gr. Sea Salt without Sodium Chloride plus 550 gr. Magnesium Chloride-Hexahydrate plus 80 gr. Magnesium Sulfate-Heptahydrate in 10 liter RO water
Additionally 250ml Fauna Marine UltraminS.


UltraMin S contains all Amino acids, Vitamins, and over 70 further Trace elements.

Glucose Monohydrate ,Magnesium Sulfate , Potassium Chloride, Ethylene Acetate, Sodium Acetate Arginin L-L- L-Arginin Hydrochloride, L-Histidin Hydrochloride, Taurine, L-Threonine, DL-Tryptophane, Glycine,DL-Valine,Thiamin Chloride 100mg mg, Nicotinamide 1500 mg, Riboflavine 40 mg, Dexpanthenole, Pridoxine Hydrochloride, Cyanococobalamine, Sodium Methyl-4-Hydroxybenzoate and more ....



The addition amount is dependent on the consumption of the carbonate hardness. It is very important that all solutions are added in equal parts in the first weeks of dosing. Start depending on the stocking with 10-30 ml / 100 liters per day, regularly examine the KH, Ca and Mg value and adjust the dosage. When you admit the solutions is totally irrelevant. They should be somewhat time-separated, never admitted together. The best time to add the calcium solution is the evening. The right time to dose the sodium hydrogen carbonates is in each case the early morning. In the early morning is both the carbonate hardness and the pH- value the lowest. One should dose the magnesium solution out in the course of the day.The magnesium solution should always in front of the calcium solution be dosed so there it comes to a lot less precipitations.


REMARK:
Because I receive emails, in those is expressed that obviously some misunderstandings exist with regard the amount of the everyday dosage of the three solutions, I would like to clarify this here once again. In no case one has to dose always the same everyday amounts of the three Balling solutions. This happens merely in the first weeks to receive comparative values and to be able to ascertain thereby how much one of each of the three solutions required or however if it was determined by the weekly measuring results. Every aquarium needs a different amount of the everyday dosage for the three solutions to achieve in the end a very optimum result. That’s why I call my kind of the Balling dosage in the meantime "Balling Individual PLUS" to obviate misunderstandings. Each addition from corals in an aquarium (in particular SPS – corals) changes the required amount of the dosage of every single solution (even if only slightly) verifiable. The smaller an aquarium (litre / content), the stronger the effect of every change is. Please, dose in NO CASE for a longer period always the same amount of all three Balling solutions, the only exception is it is arises from the measuring results.


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