Kalkwasser?

[JT_W]

How many people are using reactors or just simply using gravity feed setups?

I wanted to put some in my ATO, but don't want to throw my system out of balance since evaporation changes. Is this a valid concern?

I was going to do gravity feed setup since it seems simple and have the kalk in a 2 gallon buckle, but don't know how long the mix would last tho. Don't want to have to make new batches ever 4 days or so.

 

[TheJedi]

What size is the tank? What is your calcium intake per day?

 

[JT_W]

About 80 gallons total water volume. I dose 20 ML of CA a day

 

[TheJedi]

About 80 gallons total water volume. I dose 20 ML of CA a day

Liquid or dry ml? 2 Gallons is almost 8000ml, I would venture out to say it will last you quite a while. In fact I would only store 1-2 weeks worth of dosing to keep it fresh. Although IMO, your dose is so small, a water change should remedy your calcium needs, although not as consistent throughout the week/2 weeks.

 

[JT_W]

Liquid or dry ml? 2 Gallons is almost 8000ml, I would venture out to say it will last you quite a while. In fact I would only store 1-2 weeks worth of dosing to keep it fresh. Although IMO, your dose is so small, a water change should remedy your calcium needs, although not as consistent throughout the week/2 weeks.

Liquid. But I'm noticing my ca and alk is dropping fast so I have to up my dosage . Thanks for the reply

 

[R33fAddict]

Add some Magnesium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate while you are at it.

 

[JT_W]

Add some Magnesium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate while you are at it.

My mag is 1400. What's the benefit?

 

[BeanMachine]

I think kalk is like 1/12th the strength something like that compared to 2 part alk and cal dosing.

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

I used thr brightwell kalk that gives the break down... just underdose and go up from their... its a ball park guess .. find your cal consumption and divide by the number ofndays your ato last and that's a starting point.

Dose for the number of days not volume of water.

 

[R33fAddict]

Mag prevents precipitation reaction between Cal and Alk.