Kent RO Right or Similar?

Hi, anybody stock Kent RO right or a similar product for replacing trace elements in RO water? If so, how much? Thanks!

 

Hi, we stock SEACHEM RePlenish and SERA Mineral Salt. Both very similar to the Kent RO right.
Regards

 

@JungleAquatics. Thank you for the feedback. However, I need a little more advise. To put you in my picture, I reccently acquired a pair of German Blue Rams. I want to provide them with ideal conditions for their benefit but also as a "trial" for a Discus tank which I am planning for the future. As their requirements are so similar, I would like to reproduce a Discus environment for them. I hope my thinking is correct! This said, I have a few questions. If I use RePlenish to reconstitute the RO water, do I add a product like Discus Buffer? If using these products, do I use Discus trace? I don't want to be playing around with water parameters too much so I am basically asking you to advise me on a suitable approach. I hope I'm not being too much of a bother.

 

[FONT=&quot]I will suggest two different approaches here :[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]The first method I would recommend and the simplest would be the use of Discus Buffer and Replenish. This approach will be most appropriate if the aquarium is unplanted to lowly planted. Replenish will provide all of the necessary mineral content for the discus in the form of chloride salts and the Discus Buffer will add alkalinity and adjust the pH to an acidic range. It is important to note that Discus Buffer employs inorganic phosphate as it's active buffering component. While some hobbyists are opposed to using phosphate-based buffers, this is generally due to misconception and lack of understanding of the benefits they offer. Firstly, phosphate-based buffers are much simpler to use for the hobbyist and provide the more stable buffering capacity when compared to the alternative (carbonate buffers). This allows the pH to remain stable over longer periods of time which is very beneficial for sensitive species such as Discus fish.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]If you have a heavily planted aquarium or is vehemently opposed to the idea of using phosphate-based buffers, there is another more-complicated combination of products that can be used. In this case, you would use Equilibrium for mineral replacement and Seachem Acid and Alkaline Buffers for alkalinity and pH adjustment. Equilibrium will also provide necessary mineral content for the Discus and the plants, but it will be in the form of sulfate salts since they are better for plants than chloride. The difficulty presents when using the carbonate-based buffers for adjusting KH (alkalinity) and pH. The carbonate buffering system is complex and can be difficult for many hobbyists to grasp. Essentially, the way in which these 2 products would be used depends upon whether or not you will be using CO2 injection. Because an aquarium is able to keep a higher KH and still maintain a lower pH when using CO2 injection, the dosing will be different depending upon this. If you're not using CO2 injection, you will need to maintain a lower KH (add less Alkaline Buffer) and may possibly need to utilize the Acid Buffer in conjunction with the Alkaline Buffer in order to provide a lower, acidic pH.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Additionally, you can mix and match. For example, you can use the Seachem Discus Buffer with the Equilibrium or the Replenish with the Acid/Alkaline Buffers. There is no "right" way, but there is certainly easy and not-so-easy [/FONT]

We stock all the Seachem products in store.
Hope this helps!

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@JungleAquatics. Wow! Thank you for your comprehensive response. I plan on only keeping some Java Fern so perhaps less(complicated) is more and I will give the Replenish/Buffer route a go. I stay in Kempton but will certainly be paying your store a visit shortly.