Sharing my experience for others that may be experiencing the same issue.
Basement 150g mixed reef lagoon with total water volume of about 225g
While struggling with low PH (7.7 - 7.8), I went through PH chasing journey and found the following solutions:
- DIY Co2 Scrubber
- Kalkwasser reactor...
Guys I have a 140 gallon softy/RFA tank and was wondering which product would be best for me and if you could explain the differences between the products.
Currently I use marine buffer in my ATO and i started getting coraline algae ( never happened before)
This makes me question of Kalk and...
Hello all! Ive been dosing Kalk with a medium sized Kalk reactor and a kamoer to match my evaporation rate. I clean it once every 3-4 weeks right now and usually add 6 tablespoons of BRS Kalk to about 2 gallons of RODI that my reactor holds. Ill add one or two tablespoons once a week or two...
I have a Kalk stirrer that’s programmed to stir one a day. And dose several times a day, how do I input a program to pause the dose for a 30 minutes after stirring and then restart the dosing?
I have a Reef Octopus Kalkwasser Reactor KS-250 for sale in Tampa, FL...going for $300 plus half the shipping cost. Better pics to be posted later today.
2 available. both BNIB. Bought for calcium reactor and one as a spare, but have stuck with 2 part. these are great for Kalk as well.
$280 $260 each, shipped.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/fx-stp-wifi-peristaltic-continuous-duty-dosing-pump-kamoer.html
How do I dose AFR & Kalkwasser together ?
Correct me if I’m wrong , Kalkwasser raises Alk & Cal.
If I dose AFR wouldn’t it also increase ALK & CAL? And other elements ?
Do I basically just split the doses of AFR and KALk until I reach my desire parameter ?
I am getting back on the kalkwasser train and am debating what trace element solution to dose. Im hoping to find a solution that is only one part. What do yall use?
I bought a Red Sea ATO upgrade kit about 10 days ago. Installed in my Reefer 350, got erratic behavior - inconsistent fills between 0.05 gallons per fill (which would be the expected top off volume per fill given 25x25 return chamber and 3 mm between sensors), up to 0.8 gallons per fill with...
Hi all. So due to my pH woes I think I'm going to start dosing kalk. I'm going to get a small container for it, get the brs 1.1ml pump, and hook it up to my apex. I'm going to have the pH limit set but my question is, is any other failsafes I can put into the apex to make sure it doesn't...
I’m a little confused by a recent development in my Red Sea Reefer 170 setup. To give some backstory, I’ve been dosing Kalkwasser continuously with the use of a versa pump for about 2 months. I also do continuous auto-water changes with 2 versa pumps. 6 days ago, I increased my Kalk dosage from...
I'm considering swapping from Tropic Marin's Carbocalcium to kalkwasser. I read in my searches for similar threads, that All For Reef is 25x more potent than kalk. I'm assuming that carbocal is the same potency as AFR. If I'm dosing 41.5ml of carbocalcium, that would equal about 1,037ml/4 cups...
I recently got this device as an autofeeder. I’m impressed with how precise it doses food…
Last night I heard about some people dosing Kalkwasser slurry straight to the tanks to supplement Ca/ALK and it got me wondering about a similar high precision powder dosing system that could be placed in...
Hi reefers,
I start using Kalk + All for reef to substitute three parts to achieve a better PH. However, I do notice my CA and MG have been raising after about a month. I have tuned the dosing volume to (my tank is 53G SPS + Euphyllia):
1050ml Kalk daily
+
20ml All for Reef daily
in this...
hi everyone i’m wanting to start dosing kalk but i’m a little confused, i have a whole neptune system on the way with the trident and dos, so i’m planning on starting to dose kalk with my dos but my question is how do i do this? do i calculate my evaporation rate and dose that amount in kalk? do...
As the title implies... Will Aiptasia-X or AiptasiaRx or Kalkwasser control and/or kill Vermetid snails?
I thought if I could inject something into the Vermetid snail tube... it could kill it, then I thought how about the Aiptasia products that work so well killing Aiptasia (and creating 1000s...
Hi,
I have a Fluval evo 52L (13 gallon)
1 kenya tree frag
1 plating monti
1 gsp frag
2 small clownfish
So nothing heavy at the moment, looking to get some more corals in the future
I had issues with phosphate/nitrate causing huge amounts of green algae that I now have under control by using...
Sup guys,
I'm just looking for some clarity on kalkwasser and how they work and all that, looking to switch over from the 2 part dosing. So from my understanding, the current method to dose kalkwasser is to just add the amount into the ATO system and dose it slowly at night.
The reason we...
Hey there,
Following @Randy Holmes-Farley advice and BRS videos, I am keen on trying Kalkwasser as the key source of Ca, Alkalinity and pH increase.
The primary reason is the fact that it is supposedly straightforward followed by lack of additional NaCl accumulation which would require...
Hi,
I am contemplating dosing kalkwasser and was wondering whether I can use a doser to pump tank water through a container with saturated kalkwasser which would then overflow into the return pump section of my sump. I see setups, where people use their ATO water to do the same, however, as I...