A few years ago I ran an experiment and dosed saturated kalk via my ato in a nano with only a few frags. Previous tests on this tank confirmed that the calcium requirements were minimal and that "full strength" saturated lime water would be excessive. I started dosing and as predicted, both my calcium and alkalinity levels increased, but seemed to level off after a month or so. I expected to eventually encounter calcium precipitation of some sort, however this never materialized after three months I'm not sure if I ran my experiment long enough or if my predicted endpoints were wrong, so I wanted to pose the following question:
In a theoretical reef aquarium without any livestock, what would be the effect of dosing saturated limewater long term (where ph and salinity are held constant)? Would the calcium and alkalinity levels simply continue to rise in tandem, would calcium precipitation eventually occur, would some type of equilibrium be reached, etc. For the purposes of this question, the saturated lime water would be dosed in a high flow area at a very slow drip.
In a theoretical reef aquarium without any livestock, what would be the effect of dosing saturated limewater long term (where ph and salinity are held constant)? Would the calcium and alkalinity levels simply continue to rise in tandem, would calcium precipitation eventually occur, would some type of equilibrium be reached, etc. For the purposes of this question, the saturated lime water would be dosed in a high flow area at a very slow drip.
