Kalkwasser recommendation

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I've been looking at different brands of Kalkwasser and was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction? I've been thinking about the Two Little Fishies (i.e. Julian Sprung/Peter Wilkins) Kalkwasser/CombiSan combination, unless someone has had a bad experience with it. Or should I just go to the grocery store and buy a box of pickling lime? I was a little concerned about adding contaminants to my system. Also, does anyone have any experience with the Kent IV-style drip doser? I was planning to use this as my Kalkwasser delivery system. Thanks in advance,

Glenn

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think you have to worry about using pickling lime. I use hydrated lime, calcium hydroxide sold to the farmers for disinfecting their barn floors. I buy 20 kilos, 44lbs, for $4.99 Canadian. I can't afford to pay for aquarium designer Kalk as I use about 18 litres (almost 5g) of saturated Kalk each night for my tanks. You can see in my tank pics that my tanks aren't suffering any.

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[Anonymous]

Hi Glenn,
I use Kent Kalkwasser and mix up 1 gal every night (for dosing the next night). I use 3 tsp per gal of R/O water. I have used the Kent IV-style drip doser for about 6 months and have been mostly satisfied. Each night I dose 2 tanks (1-55gal/1-150gal) with about 1/2 gal of prepared saturated Kalkwasser. I drip at a rate of about 1 drop/sec so it takes several hours to empty the Kent doser (which is why I only dose 1/2gal per tank). My evaporation rate is fairly high so I have to add additonal R/O direct to tanks.

The only problems I've had with the Kent dosers is clogging. I use pH Minus about 1 time per week to clean (just drip the solution through as if dosing Kalk...but obviously not into the tank). Would prefer to use a SpectraPure doser, but too much money for me.

hth...Mike

 

[Anonymous]

Some more Kalk reading:
http://www.aquariumfrontiers.com/fish/aqfm/1999/aug/bio/default.asp
http://www.aquariumfrontiers.com/fish/aqfm/1999/oct/bio/default.asp

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[This message has been edited by rayjay (edited 04 November 1999).]

 

[Anonymous]

Food grade lime is available in most grocery stores and is used by Rob Toonen for the maintance of his systems...Good enough for him, good enough for me

Best regards...Jim

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