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Sounds realistic.My KH has always been around 8 to 10 using around 1 ml of AFR. (10 soft coral frags and 2 lps frags) 7 days ago I tested 9.9 Yesterday I tested 7.7 Today after dosing 15ml kalkwasser I tested 9.5 today. Looks like the 7.7 test was not accurate. So working it out my KH has dropped 0.4 in 7 days.??? Do you think this is the case?
Calcium will be used up in line with alkalinity, almost exactly. Calcium at 500 shouldn't cause issues. If you are doing waterchanges, it will trend towards whatever your new saltwater tests at.Also, how much would calcium rise dosing 15ml of kalkwasser in my 60l. Because the calcium is up for 475ppm to 500ppm. I use Salifert tests
I use Instant Ocean which 400ppm is stated.Calcium will be used up in line with alkalinity, almost exactly. Calcium at 500 shouldn't cause issues. If you are doing waterchanges, it will trend towards whatever your new saltwater tests at.
Tropic Marin Classic is similar, that's what my tank is at. At least, last time I checked, lol.I use Instant Ocean which 400ppm is stated.
Also, how much would calcium rise dosing 15ml of kalkwasser in my 60l. Because the calcium is up for 475ppm to 500ppm. I use Salifert tests
Yes I see obviously my 7.7 test results MUST have been wrong.undetectable with hobby test kits
Got a much better understanding of kalkwasser now. Thank you all for your help today
20mls AFR per day was maintaining the alk of my lightly stocked 135g tank at 10 dKh. I stopped it to do Moonshiners and I'm now up to 4L kalk per day to maintain 8.0. Kalk just doesn't seem to be very potent to me. 35mls soda ash promptly raised me to 8.0 after dropping to 7.7.
I have a 70 gal and dosing 720ml of kalkwasser a day and can only get up to 8.05. Im giving up hope on kallwasser
Also, how much would calcium rise dosing 15ml of kalkwasser in my 60l. Because the calcium is up for 475ppm to 500ppm. I use Salifert tests
I have been dosing more and more all week, it's now on 160ml a day of full saturation. Still with no difference to my ph. I have now added kalkwasser to my ATO but I don't get much evaporation, so not too hopeful there.Limewater (kalkwasser) is very slightly overbalanced to too much calcium (as is AFR), and calcium will very slowly rise long term if you dose enough to maintain alkalinity against calcification.
That said, 15 mL in 60 liters is an extremely low dose and only boosts alk by less than 0.1 dKH and calcium by less than 1 ppm.
I have been dosing more and more all week, it's now on 160ml a day of full saturation. Still with no difference to my ph. I have now added kalkwasser to my ATO but I don't get much evaporation, so not too hopeful there.
I am also getting the skimmer air from outside and using a co2 scrubber.I'm not surprised. It takes a large amount of hydroxide to overcome aeration with high CO2 air.
I have been dosing more and more all week, it's now on 160ml a day of full saturation. Still with no difference to my ph. I have now added kalkwasser to my ATO but I don't get much evaporation, so not too hopeful there.
I have been dosing more and more all week, it's now on 160ml a day of full saturation. Still with no difference to my ph. I have now added kalkwasser to my ATO but I don't get much evaporation, so not too hopeful there.
The way I am looking at it, is it can have a steady dose of 20ml every 3 hours day and night (at the moment) and what ever the ATO puts in tooWhy dose and add to your ATO?
You can add vinegar to dissolve more kalkwasser into solution.What is double strength kalk and you do that a day? I just dont have a container big enough for that and I dont want an eye sore container next to my tank.
How high your pH gets?