Kalkwasser?

[WRASSER]

How long does it take for the Kalkwasser to be absorbed in to the water?
I also herd if you add an airreator to the water, the water will absorb more Kalkwasser, is this true?

 

[pwj1286]

yeah, whoever started the whole aireator in kalkwasser just needs to reconsider why he does it because it is time consuming and makes no sense. What a waste of time...........

I throw the kalk in the bottle, mix it in gallon jug and put it on the tank to start dripping immediatly. I dont even wait to let it settle down to the bottom.

I use vinegar also to help dissolve more kalkwasser into the gallon of RO. I can deliver more Ca+ per gallon than without. I always supersaturate the solution to where it will not dissolve anymore. I dont even measure how much vinegar I put in, like "here's a splash of vinegar". I know its going to be at the correct pH because of the kalkwasser not going into solution. I have tested pH of the solution. Always exceeds the high end of the pH testing kit.

I do this about 2 times in a 24 hour period to replace my evaporation. I have had no negative results, all my new frags are plating out pretty well.
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[monkeyboy]

Which water do you want to absorb the kalk, tank water or the freshwater?

Definitely do not aerate the kalk/freshwater mix as you will precipitate out the bulk of the kalk as calcium carbonate (er, sand). Actually, it's best to keep your kalkwasser sealed up to avoid contact with air before administering it to your aquarium, to keep a fresh supply of CO2 away from it.

If you're worried about the kalk being absorbed in your tank water, you don't need to. If you're putting that much in where it's a concern, you'll have yourself an intense pH spike.

 

[Anonymous]

I'd test your alkalinity over calcium if you dose with Kalk because it'll raise Alk way quite a bit more so than calcium, all things being equal (which yah I realize isn't true for a reef tank ), for every raise of 50 ppm of Ca you'll raise your Alk by 7dkH.

 

[WRASSER]

Ok, what I did was, I took a 5 gal jug and made my kalk. I wanted to know if I was to add the air pump to the kalk so the water absorbs more kalk.

 

[pwj1286]

Ok, what I did was, I took a 5 gal jug and made my kalk. I wanted to know if I was to add the air pump to the kalk so the water absorbs more kalk.

yeah, whoever started the whole aireator in kalkwasser just needs to reconsider why he does it because it is time consuming and makes no sense. What a waste of time...........

Which water do you want to absorb the kalk, tank water or the freshwater?

Definitely do not aerate the kalk/freshwater mix as you will precipitate out the bulk of the kalk as calcium carbonate (er, sand). Actually, it's best to keep your kalkwasser sealed up to avoid contact with air before administering it to your aquarium, to keep a fresh supply of CO2 away from it.

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[Fastmarc]

If you have access to a conductivity meter, the conductivity of saturated limewater (kalk) is about 10.3 mS/cm.

Oh, and in case you haven't got it, no air.

 

[WRASSER]

LOL, I got it I got it, Thanks Will the kalk help reduce phosphates?

 

[Simon1]

I've heard it does help with phosphate reduction.

 

[WRASSER]

I am high in phosphates, so i bought a reactor and i am also dripping kalk. Will it get rid of the red alegea?

 

[Simon1]

I would try to figure out where the phosphates are comming from...I think that phosphate reduction is just a perk about kalk, most just use it for the cal/alk benifits.

 

[WRASSER]

The phasphates are coming from the store water i buy. which i stopped buying. Now i want to get rid of all the bad stuff