Hi all! I recently decide to jump from using 2 part to maintain my calcium and alkalinity to using a combination of that plus kalkwasser. I have had a very balanced tank in terms of calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium but wanted the added benfit of a higher pH. My question is, will kalkwasser cause calcium and alkalinity to fall if overdosed; similarly to the way that 2 part can through precipitation? Am I even asking the right question? Maybe someone has another thought on this.
The reason I am asking is that I have been working on dialing in my dosing of saturated kalkwasser now for about 2 weeks now and can't seem to get my dkh or calcium levels to rise. It almost seems like the more I dose, the more my tank consumes. To start off, I used a reef calculator and am dosing half as much kalkwasser as was reccomended to start with based on my alkalinity consumption which is .5 dkh daily. Since starting, I can now see it's safe for me to add morekalkwasser. Here is where I am now confused. I am now dosing kalkwasser in an amount to match up with the level of my daily alkalinity consumption but in my most recent tests, my tank is now losing .4 dkh every two days. My calcium has also fallen by approx. 30 ppm. I have verified all this with mutliple tests just to be sure and have had consistant results. I have also check my magnesium which appears normal as well. Should I consider adding more kalkwasser? Should I start using 2 part to try to maintain these parameters? Do I scrap dosing and start over? What might be another alternative? Let me know what you think. Thanks!
The reason I am asking is that I have been working on dialing in my dosing of saturated kalkwasser now for about 2 weeks now and can't seem to get my dkh or calcium levels to rise. It almost seems like the more I dose, the more my tank consumes. To start off, I used a reef calculator and am dosing half as much kalkwasser as was reccomended to start with based on my alkalinity consumption which is .5 dkh daily. Since starting, I can now see it's safe for me to add morekalkwasser. Here is where I am now confused. I am now dosing kalkwasser in an amount to match up with the level of my daily alkalinity consumption but in my most recent tests, my tank is now losing .4 dkh every two days. My calcium has also fallen by approx. 30 ppm. I have verified all this with mutliple tests just to be sure and have had consistant results. I have also check my magnesium which appears normal as well. Should I consider adding more kalkwasser? Should I start using 2 part to try to maintain these parameters? Do I scrap dosing and start over? What might be another alternative? Let me know what you think. Thanks!