calcium dosing

heliguy71 · Jan 9, 2010

what is everyone using to dose calcuim in their tanks?

NewMelee · Jan 10, 2010

2 part for me

Fishcrazy06 · Jan 10, 2010

I have used 2-part, Kent Marine's Liquid Calcium, TechMArine Part A & B. Now I use whatever I have on hand to tweak it as I run a calcium reactor now!

siropa · Jan 10, 2010

kalk for me.

Bri Guy · Jan 10, 2010

Kalk for me also, but I fine tune with Dow flake

MrSquid · Jan 10, 2010

I used 2-part and then moved to a reactor.

If you use 2-part, just be careful that you dose the two components spaced about an hour (or so) apart. I didn't when I was dosing and it caused large portions of my substrate to solidify.

Paul_N · Jan 10, 2010

I started with 2-part then moved to a geo calcium reactor. I also dose kalk at night but that's more to keep the ph up.

"If you use 2-part, just be careful that you dose the two components spaced about an hour (or so) apart. I didn't when I was dosing and it caused large portions of my substrate to solidify."

You shouldn't be having that issue if you have enough flow in the tank. I dosed 2 part for over a year and always dosed one right after the other. I dosed right in front of the power head.

Jhildebrand · Jan 10, 2010

Two part is easy and cheap. I use a reactor now due to system size and once you have it tweaked it doesn't get much easier. All depends on what you're keeping and calcium demand...

heliguy71 · Jan 10, 2010

how much do you add per day and how are you dosing it-electronic dosing,drip method,etc

heliguy71 · Jan 10, 2010

i am lost on this calcium thing i don;t know even know where to begin:sad:

Bri Guy · Jan 10, 2010

Whats your Ca at? How many gallons of water is in your system (not the tank size but an estimate of how many acutal gallons in our system)

Put those 2 #'s in this calculator, then you need to pick a supplement, and the calculator will tell you how much and how to dose it. easy peasy

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