AllForReef to Kalkwasser

[wjdobbs321]

Hey all....

AllForReef has been good to me for the last year and a half.... stuff is pretty expensive (350 gal tank)... thinking of switching to kalkwasser for the cost and better pH. I would like to hear your thoughts as well as any advice you may have.

 

[NanoSteam]

I ran AFR on my nano then on my 80g when I transferred everything over for a very short time before stopping and switching to Kalk and using weekly 10% water changes for trace/Mag and i've had no complaints so far. The PH benefit has been the biggest positive.

Lowest the tank dips to is 8.0 with a high of 8.4. I was never able to achieve that before.

I know for some this may seem like a backwards move but I'm a fan.

 

[dwest]

You could also run both. I use kalk at night and 2 part during the day. I might switch from 2 part (really 3 part) to AFR someday for simplicity, keeping kalk at night.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Both are good choices. If you switch to kalk, you may want to consider dosing trace elements, which will eat into the cost savings.

 

[jackson6745]

I just switched from kalk/all 4 reef/magnesium/trace dosing to Modern Reef 4 part system. So much easier and ph runs as high as a kalk system. You should check it out.