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| View Poll Results: What do you use to add Calcium and Alkalinity to your tank? | |||
| 2 Part - (ex. B-Ionic, Randy's, etc) |     | 83 | 61.48% |
| Calcium Reactor |    | 40 | 29.63% |
| Kalkwasser |    | 20 | 14.81% |
| Other |    | 8 | 5.93% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 135. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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06-08-2009, 06:09 PM
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| Fish and Coral Killer  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: On the waste coast, again.
Posts: 4,648
Reefer Ratings: (28 (97%) Friends: (7) Images: 113 |
Both Ca reactor and Kalk reactor.
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06-08-2009, 06:42 PM
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| Broke Reefer  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: peekskill,ny
Posts: 8,412
Reefer Ratings: (63 (100%) Friends: (47) 
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will be using a cal reactor once i get a regulato rthough, really havent had to dose much since switching to oceanic salt though and usually drip a gallon ok kalk once a month
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06-08-2009, 08:25 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southampton UK
Posts: 237
Reefer Ratings: (0 (0%) Friends: (5) |
A big beast of a Ca reactor running coral branch media. with any long term (creeping) imbalancies cured with pure chemicals. regards Simon.
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06-08-2009, 09:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vernon, NJ
Posts: 2,233
Reefer Ratings: (20 (100%) Friends: (13) Images: 7 |
Ca reactor and kalk reactor the size of my tank dictates it would not be cost effective to dose 2 part. I do suggest you 2 part till u reach your target alk, Mg and Ca than reactor takes over my reactor is kind of cranked to keep up the kalk helps keep Ph stable
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SPS Forests - What Ca do you use? 
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