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May Giveaway at ParlAquatics

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I literally pay less then $10 for a year of feeding my corals.

When I got into the hobby, I evaluated all the methods to feed corals and found kalk to be the least expensive. I figured I'd try that first and go up the ladder if needed. Its not.

granted I'm only running ~200 gallons of lightly populated coral. I'm dosing about 100ml/hr of kalk so I am still topping off with RODI. When I hit the evaporation ceiling and am not longer able to add more for fear of overflowing the system, I'll go to 2-part.
 
I use 6" PVC translucent tubing because I've found having a wide mixing chamber allows the top to remain relatively undisturbed while still mixing the bottom. The fully saturated kalkwasser at the top eventually overflows into the sump as new RODI water is dosed from the bottom and is mixed. The mixing schedule is carefully tuned for 2 cups of Kalkwasser powder at a time so you could conceivably go months without having to think about it.
 
There's using your noodle
I use 6" PVC translucent tubing because I've found having a wide mixing chamber allows the top to remain relatively undisturbed while still mixing the bottom. The fully saturated kalkwasser at the top eventually overflows into the sump as new RODI water is dosed from the bottom and is mixed. The mixing schedule is carefully tuned for 2 cups of Kalkwasser powder at a time so you could conceivably go months without having to think about it.
I like not thinking about things.

This post is odd.
 
last day to enter!

tomorrow someone gets a sweet kalkwasser stirrer!

season 4 suit GIF
 

WHICH PART OF YOUR SETUP IS HARDEST TO REACH OR REMOVE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE?

  • Glass behind or beside the tank

    Votes: 5 27.8%
  • Powerheads or wavemakers

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • Sump or rear filtration chambers

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • Skimmer or other filtration equipment

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Overflow or plumbing

    Votes: 5 27.8%
  • Lights or lids

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mine is pretty easy to access!

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • Other—tell us what I missed

    Votes: 1 5.6%
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