calcium dosing

[heliguy71]

what is everyone using to dose calcuim in their tanks?

 

[NewMelee]

2 part for me

 

[Fishcrazy06]

I have used 2-part, Kent Marine's Liquid Calcium, TechMArine Part A & B. Now I use whatever I have on hand to tweak it as I run a calcium reactor now!

 

[siropa]

kalk for me.

 

[Bri Guy]

Kalk for me also, but I fine tune with Dow flake

 

[MrSquid]

I used 2-part and then moved to a reactor.

If you use 2-part, just be careful that you dose the two components spaced about an hour (or so) apart. I didn't when I was dosing and it caused large portions of my substrate to solidify.

 

[Paul_N]

I started with 2-part then moved to a geo calcium reactor. I also dose kalk at night but that's more to keep the ph up.

"If you use 2-part, just be careful that you dose the two components spaced about an hour (or so) apart. I didn't when I was dosing and it caused large portions of my substrate to solidify."

You shouldn't be having that issue if you have enough flow in the tank. I dosed 2 part for over a year and always dosed one right after the other. I dosed right in front of the power head.

 

[Jhildebrand]

Two part is easy and cheap. I use a reactor now due to system size and once you have it tweaked it doesn't get much easier. All depends on what you're keeping and calcium demand...

 

[heliguy71]

how much do you add per day and how are you dosing it-electronic dosing,drip method,etc

 

[heliguy71]

i am lost on this calcium thing i don;t know even know where to begin:sad:

 

[Bri Guy]

Whats your Ca at? How many gallons of water is in your system (not the tank size but an estimate of how many acutal gallons in our system)

Put those 2 #'s in this calculator, then you need to pick a supplement, and the calculator will tell you how much and how to dose it. easy peasy

Reef Chemistry Calculator

 

[heliguy71]

my calcium level is at 340.i have but using intant ocean turbo booster for a month and its not going up at all.

 

[heliguy71]

how much can i add at one time without hurting anything and what suppelement do you use that i get can local.

 

[Bri Guy]

How many gallons in your system?

Use the calculator, it tells you the max ppm/day thats safe to raise, depending on what your using to raise the Ca.

 

[heliguy71]

around 150--120gallon tank with 30 gallon sump

 

[rich1]

kalk for aswell

 

[Jhildebrand]

Yeah, you need to pay attention to the cal/alk balance, not just calcium. Very important...

 

[heliguy71]

alk is around 9-10 dkh