Dosing Calcium and Alk for SPS - What is your method?

What is your preferred method?

  • Kalkwasser

    Votes: 12 25.0%
  • Randy's Recipe

    Votes: 14 29.2%
  • Balling method

    Votes: 12 25.0%
  • Calcium Reactor

    Votes: 10 20.8%

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Jettareefer223

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Balling method (2x daily equal parts 110 ml’s was the highest consumption, and currently is right around 65-70 mls). Progression is over course 20 months with a handful of pretty significant issues nothing to do with dosing.
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Balling method (2x daily equal parts 110 ml’s was the highest consumption, and currently is right around 65-70 mls). Progression is over course 20 months with a handful of pretty significant issues nothing to do with dosing.
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Very impressive... this is with ATI Essentials pro? Im also assuming you are diluting the solution?
 
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Esv 2 part and 1/4 scoop of kalk per 5 gallons water in ato.
Kalk is just used to keep ph stable at 7.9-8.1.
When demand kicks in I have a tunze 3171 reactor ready to go.
I will still use kalk in the ato to offset the reactor when its running.
My tank has been up for 3 months + 1 week now.
Plan on no waterchanges.
I dose DSR trace daily
and esv strontium weekly
Pics are couple weeks old
Already have good growth.
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Calcium reactor and kalkwasser in a reactor, this combination has been working good, just the mess to clean kalk reactor is something that I don't like.
 

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