Calcium hydroxide
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Corraline algae will benefit from calcium and magnesium addition. Calcium of about 450ppm and magnesium of about 1300ppm. Trace element additions will also help
Sorruy, to answer your question, you can use kalk. Take a two litre bottle and add 2 teaspoons of kalk powder. Fill the bottle up with RO water and give it a good shake. Allow the kalk to settle and decant the clear solution. Drip this into your tank.
Incidently, do you have an aragonite substrate or DSB?
Incidently, do you have an aragonite substrate or DSB?
Most articles say, the more you expose kalk to air the less effective it is, so a good gentle stir would be better.
Another mix is 1/2 tsp kalk with 15ml Vinegar to 1l ro water. This way you usually don't have any sludge at the bottom of the container.
My2c.
Another mix is 1/2 tsp kalk with 15ml Vinegar to 1l ro water. This way you usually don't have any sludge at the bottom of the container.
My2c.
I agree, If I'm not mistaken, using vinegar also allows more Ca to be releast from the kalk.
Apparently so.
sorry to jump in - if I am dosing Reefbuilder and TM Bio Calcium will dripping kalk help in any way?
If you are using the products properly probably no. What is your Ca in the tank.
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Not forgetting Alk. Alk, 6.5-8.5 DKH. Alk of 9 DKH will increase the growth of coralline.
Aswell as low phosphate levels.
Circa 400ppm
Absolutely. Calcium hydroxide has benefits other than those provided by calcium.
With a heavily populated fish only system, all that extra dissolving and dissolved organic pollution exerts a more intense downward pressure on oxygen and pH levels. Hydroxide will put the brakes on.
Hydroxide will also bond with phosphate removing it from solution
The marine life we choose to keep.... is but a small percentage of what we actually keep. I often find myself more absorbed and facinated by the life that pops out the woodwork:crazy2: when given the right conditions. The carbonates that hydroxide provide is vital for much of this accidental life.
If you have an auto top up, (if not why:nono
mix a teaspoon or three with this water. Stirred BUT not shaken. Thanks ShaunNo problem Mr Bond.:razz:Stirred BUT not shaken.
You will have to cut back on dosing the other stuff if you want to use Calcium hydroxide.
Shaun why is this? so what are the implications
What is the recommended Ca level?
380 - 420 meg/L (ppm)
Thx brentnorm but I was hoping riyadhessa was going to answer.
With a Ca level of 400 and the "recommended" range is 380-420 does one really need to add more Ca. That is why I said he may have to cut back on dosing the other stuff if he wanted to dose Calcium hydroxide.
Don't try fix something that is not broken.
Anyway it is just My2c.
With a Ca level of 400 and the "recommended" range is 380-420 does one really need to add more Ca. That is why I said he may have to cut back on dosing the other stuff if he wanted to dose Calcium hydroxide.
Don't try fix something that is not broken.
Anyway it is just My2c.
Thx brentnorm but I was hoping riyadhessa was going to answer.
With a Ca level of 400 and the "recommended" range is 380-420 does one really need to add more Ca. That is why I said he may have to cut back on dosing the other stuff if he wanted to dose Calcium hydroxide.
Don't try fix something that is not broken.
Anyway it is just My2c.
Agreed Shaun, and thanks for clarifying - I am trying to figure out a way to cut back on spending R400 for a large tub of TM Bio calcium and Magnesium
So it seems I would need to run a CaRX with Arogonite and Dolomite and a Kalk drip to do that?
No just Kalk and Magnesium Chloride, well it would depend on your demand.
Shane, sorry for hijacking your thread mate - I hate it when that happens