Dosing Kalkwasser (calcium hydroxide)

[subielover]

I am thinking of adding kalkwasser to my ato to help maintain alk. and ca. a little more consistently. Who else is currently dosing? How are you doing it? I have a 12 gallon container that holds my ro/di water that I use for top off. I have about 30-35 gallons of water, and evaporate roughly .75 gallons a day. My ph generally fluctuates between 7.74-8.15 during a 24 hour cycle (thank you aquacontroller

)

So any feedback, experiences, or suggestions are appreciated. By the way, this article is what I am basing most of what I know about dosing kalk on...What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

 

[SlackTide]

1 tsp per gallon to start, settled clear fluid is best or your dripper will clog up, 2 tsp per gallon is pretty normal use, adding vinegar will allow more to go into solution but you might as well go to a ca reactor at that use level

 

[Paul_N]

I love using a reactor. Mine only doses at night when my ph drops. I have it set to dose twice for 20 mins.

 

[swannyson7]

I'm running a kalk stirrer in line with my ATO and it's kept levels much more consistent than just dosing 2-part.