Kalk addition

allof fish · 2026-08-10T20:06:58-0400

So it’s finally time I start using kalk. Going to use it in ato for now until I venture on down the road later and get a stirrer. Been dosing 2 part but could benefit from the ph boost with the amount of acros I will have soon. Plan was to start off slow and only use half of full saturation. Is there a specific value to determine how much kalk will offset the amount of 2 part I have to dose? Also what could ph boost be with half saturation? I evaporate about 1.4G a day. Currently dosing 38ml of alk and calcium.

Randy Holmes-Farley · 2026-08-10T21:02:48-0400

What two part are you switching from? They vary in potency.

allof fish · 2026-08-10T21:13:53-0400

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
What two part are you switching from? They vary in potency.

Brs soda ash and calcium. In some of my research the kalk likely won’t be enough to take all of it away especially starting out at half saturation. Just want to avoid large jumps until I get it dialed in with amount and testing