Kalkwasser ?

[jtoliver]

Everything I have read says to drip kalkwasser into the sump slowly. What I want to know, is how slow is slow? I have built a drip system for my sump using a tupperware container and a plastic air valve and it works great, but how fast should it drip in? DPS (drips per second)??????

 

[tonylip]

from my understanding you replace the water that is lost due to evaporation with it. I read this thing a recipe for coraline algae and it said "substitute the kalk every 4th time with reef builder" I tried it and my reef turned purple , and feather dusters poped up everywhere !!!
PS: I filled the tank up marked my sump and waited 24 hours and measured the amount of water losted by the cup.

 

[chuck]

Stay away from Kalkaswasser! Use sea chem products and your tank should be perfect. Reef Builder, Reef Advantage, Reef Calcium, and Reef Plus. You can't go or should I say grow wrong!

 

[jtoliver]

Thank you.

 

[rienzi]

Why so slowly? I can understand that about the main tank, but the sump? What are the consequences of dripping (or pouring) too fast?

 

[mr . salty]

Obviously,anything you put into the sump,will be in the tank in a matter of minutes,or seconds. If you pour it in you will overdose the tank water........STEVE

 

[t_larz]

Well i have heard of it but never found out what it is and since this is a bulletin board i knew that I could ask. What exactly is Kalkwasser?
~Lars

 

[jtoliver]

It comes in a powder that you mix with water and then drip into your tank. It contains high levels of calcium to keep your calcium levels where they should be.

 

[mako]

Kalkwassar- calcium Hydroxide dosing at to fast a rate will cause your P.H. to rise