Kents "Liquid Reactor"?

[JLAudio]

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=7362

I saw this recently and would love to have a nice 1 part system to simplify my calc/alk addition and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this product?

 

[reefman]

i tried it. its too weak.

 

[JLAudio]

i tried it. its too weak.

By this you mean it wont bring Calc/Alk to necessary proportions at the reccommended dose?

 

[reefman]

it probabaly will, but need to use a lot more than other brands like b-ionic or c-balance, or randy's recipe, etc....

 

[Salty Dog]

B-Ionic is they way to go if your doesing period!

 

[nasone]

i use it on my ap 12g with success been using it for over a year i put in about 1ml once a day in a 12 gal tank i have a mixed reef and all is thriving so i guess its working for me

 

[Killerdrgn]

pfft screw b-ionic, mrs wages FTW!

 

[JLAudio]

pfft screw b-ionic, mrs wages FTW!

Im sorry but dont understand

 

[Killerdrgn]

Mrs. Wages pickling lime is cheap($5 for a huge jar) kalk powder. Mix with water and presto, Kalkwasser! Nice alk and calcium suppliment.

 

[JLAudio]

Mrs. Wages pickling lime is cheap($5 for a huge jar) kalk powder. Mix with water and presto, Kalkwasser! Nice alk and calcium suppliment.

Wow good info! Ok so I buy this pickling lime (Where?) second after I make this solution, what is the reccommended dose per gallon?

 

[Killerdrgn]

You can buy mrs. wages from the mrs wages website, or you could try a walmart in fall or something. If you buy a box from the website, it'll pretty much be a virtually lifetime supply.

I use it to maintain my calcium and alk. by putting 2.5 teaspoons of power for every 5 gallon bucket of water, and just do topoffs with that water.

 

[JLAudio]

You can buy mrs. wages from the mrs wages website, or you could try a walmart in fall or something. If you buy a box from the website, it'll pretty much be a virtually lifetime supply.

I use it to maintain my calcium and alk. by putting 2.5 teaspoons of power for every 5 gallon bucket of water, and just do topoffs with that water.

I just found some on their website, I just wonder how accurate this could be bacause of the many factors such as tank size, livestock, etc. I really hope this works cause this could save me a ton of money.

 

[Killerdrgn]

I just found some on their website, I just wonder how accurate this could be bacause of the many factors such as tank size, livestock, etc. I really hope this works cause this could save me a ton of money.

Well it took some trial and error to find out what the appropriate dosage for me would be. There are some standard mixing guidelines on bulk reef supply.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/a1/Kalkwasser-Instructions/article_info.html

 

[prattreef]

Kalkwasser is a perfectly fine way to maintain Calcium and Alkalinity levels, BUT do some research 1st and understand what you are doing. The powder is caustic and messy and you don't want to breath it in, and the solution mixes to a very high pH ( @12 I think) so you need to drip it slowly and monitor your tank pH carefully.

 

[prattreef]

A long lost gem on the subject:
http://web.archive.org/web/20001102...twork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/aug/bio/default.asp

 

[JLAudio]

Thanks Killer great info, Are you dosing a magnesium product as well?

 

[Killerdrgn]

Yeah I do the magnesium chloride and epsom salts thing. And really ditto on that do not breath the kalk in, had the unfortunate experience once to do so and had an instant nose bleed.

 

[Suncastle1]

Tagging along. Anywhere local to buy Mrs. Wages? I'm on SI.