Kalk through doser pump

[NYreefNoob]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php

find the mrs wages pickling lime, same stuff and alotttt cheaper

 

[NYreefNoob]

it doses cal, and alk and a small amount of mag, ad the brightwell stuff is junk and has been proven that it does not boost magnesium google it and you will find several articles in reguards to it on rc

 

[fishman1069]

Fishman its not to make up for your evaporated water, its to make up for what your live stock uses.

I understand why you use kalk but you have to mix it with fresh water, correct? And you can only add as much fresh water to your tank that has been evaporated. So, you add the Kalk mix to make up evap water. And you can only ad so much kalk to fresh water until it gets saturated, so there is a limit to how much you can dose.

 

[NewfiDog]

Actually no, But whatever.

 

[jerl77]

i am going to dose it throw my doser pump so i can add how many ml i want to add a day to get the ph and cal perfect i can add 9999ml if i really whated to it not going throw my top off so i can control the dosing

I understand why you use kalk but you have to mix it with fresh water, correct? And you can only add as much fresh water to your tank that has been evaporated. So, you add the Kalk mix to make up evap water. And you can only ad so much kalk to fresh water until it gets saturated, so there is a limit to how much you can dose.

 

[Arati]

How many tsp per gallon do you mix?

How many gallons per day to top off your tank?

 

[jerl77]

1 tsp about a gallon a day it looks like

How many tsp per gallon do you mix?

How many gallons per day to top off your tank?

 

[jerl77]

I have been using the brightwell stuff

 

[Arati]

i swiched back to the cheapo kalk since my mag is always good anyways.

ok so there is 3785 ML in 1 gallon , if you want to dose 100ml per day via your dosing pump you will need to dissolve approx 38 tsp to a gallon. and that should be a 1 mo supply. but I doubt you would be able to dissolve that much in a gallon.


if you dose 200ml per day you would put aprox 19 tsp in 1 gallon and it would last 15 days.

that might be a reachable goal. if not is 9 tsp per gallon 1 time a week or about 1.4 tsp per day...

someone want to correct that if its wrong... hahaha thats my guess i bet its close haha if that doesnt work id have to taste it ~~

 

[Arati]

dont u only want to use the clear water in the center how are you gonna mix this stuff? in a 5gal bucker then suck out 3? its gonna have a crust on it like the north pole haha

 

[fishman1069]

Actually no, But whatever.

Thats what I got outta this article http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php Tell me what you think

 

[Arati]

It depends how much you cAn dissolve before the water becomes saturated , most of us mix our top of at levels no where near saturation

 

[jerl77]

I am going to mix 20 gallon batches and pour the 20 gallons into 2 gallon jars and dose it that way this should work right .?

 

[NYreefNoob]

i mix mine in a air tight 5 gallon jug and it last me a couple weeks, please read the thread i posted

 

[jerl77]

Reading it now Rick thanks

i mix mine in a air tight 5 gallon jug and it last me a couple weeks, please read the thread i posted

 

[Mattl22]

I thought u could only dissolve a certain amount of kalk in water I use 1 tsp per gallon in my ato!
Rick I'll read the thread when I get home! Lol