Kalk vs 2 part

[BestMomEver]

Im sure this has been asked before but I couldn’t find it....

I like kalk dosing. When I do it, everything looks and grows beautifully. I put it in my top off water but doing so makes it hard to regulate and can ruin a pump. So I discontinued kalk in the ATO and started doing 2 part every few days. I hate it cause I never seem to be very consistent and have my levels (especially pH) jumping all over.

Now I have a Jabao doser. I’ve had it for weeks and never set it up because I’m not sure how to set it up and know how much to dose, how often, blah blah blah. I think my confusion comes from the fact that I have 3 components (Part 1, part 2, mag) to worry about and balance. Then, hubby suggested I put kalk in the dosing pump. Is that doable or recommended? I would put kalk in one container, mag in one container and maybe kalk for a different tank in the third container.

Thoughts?

 

[vanpire]

I dose KALK and really like it. Cheap and simple, and fairly hands-off.

What I would do is buy a KALK reactor. I use the AVAST and it is reasonably priced.

Place your doser between water reservoir and the KALK reactor. The pump never "sees" the kalk solution.

I does MG as needed as it doesn't change to much for me. Once a month when I measure and then adjust.

 

[Cory]

I dose kalk that way with my doser. Works very well. Occasionally slows down due to plugging. I just use kalk nothing else.