Kalk in the ATO dosage?

[Cory]

Hey guys. I'm going on vacation in about 8 days. My tank consumed about 2dkh in 7 days a month ago. I'm not sure how much now, but I'm assuming close to it. How much kalk would I need to put in a 5 gallon bucket of top up water to maintain this alkalinity? My tank evaporates about 1-2 liters per day. I'll be using a 30ml per minute dosing pump to do this.

 

[Cory]

Here's a pic of my montipora frag. This is about a month!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

1.25% of the tank volume in saturated limewater (2 tsp per gallon fresh water) will boost the alk by about 1.4 dKH. So you'd need to add so etching close to 2% of the water volume.

 

[Cory]

Unfortunately the landlord found my tank and I had to sell it. but when I get into a house, 1000 gallon

 

[reefjunkie53]

Why does he not like tanks

 

[reefjunkie53]

Lol

 

[reefjunkie53]

I would be so mad

 

[Cory]

Yeah at first I was mad too. He doesn't want tanks because it's not allowed in the contract. I guess there could be a lot of water damage.

 

[reefjunkie53]

That's terrible [emoji24]

 

[IronVulture]

Renters insurance would cover any water damage.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Sorry to hear that.