mudplayerx
Active Member
Is it alright to do all of your topoff with kalkwasser mix or will this lead to problems. I was thinking of dosing all the time with a very low dosage.
OK To Topoff With Kalkwasser All the Time?
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mythrenody
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Do you order the mix or can you make it?
mudplayerx
Active Member
Goto the grocery store and buy "pickling lime" it has near exact ingrediants as kalkwasser, is much cheaper, and has been recommended by mods here.
gregzbobo
Member
Originally Posted by SWFreak
Is pickling lime a powder or a juice, and what area would I get it? I've been thinking of dosing kalk, but right now I just add super buffer and calcium whenever it is needed.
Pickling lime is a white powder, consisting of calcium hydroxide, chemically identical to commercially available aquarium hobbyist kalkwasser mix, although its MUCH cheaper. I would even go so far as to say that perhaps the germans (the pioneers of kalkwasser use) used pickling lime before many manufacturers got into the business of it, but thats just a guess on my part.
Is pickling lime a powder or a juice, and what area would I get it? I've been thinking of dosing kalk, but right now I just add super buffer and calcium whenever it is needed.
Pickling lime is a white powder, consisting of calcium hydroxide, chemically identical to commercially available aquarium hobbyist kalkwasser mix, although its MUCH cheaper. I would even go so far as to say that perhaps the germans (the pioneers of kalkwasser use) used pickling lime before many manufacturers got into the business of it, but thats just a guess on my part.
bang guy
Moderator
Originally Posted by Shnabbles
If i didnt want to set up a drip and just wanted to poor some Pickeling Lime "Water" into a gallon of top off water... How much of the pickeling lime water do you think could be added?
It depends on the amount of available CO2 in the water and how much topoff you're goin to add at once. If you're going to add a full gallon all at once then I'd recommend no more than a pint of saturated limewater.PH is a real problem if you dump limewater directly into the tank. Once PH gets above 8.5 the Calcium and Carbonate you just added will start to precipitate. You could easily end up with a lower Calcium level that what you started with.
If i didnt want to set up a drip and just wanted to poor some Pickeling Lime "Water" into a gallon of top off water... How much of the pickeling lime water do you think could be added?
It depends on the amount of available CO2 in the water and how much topoff you're goin to add at once. If you're going to add a full gallon all at once then I'd recommend no more than a pint of saturated limewater.PH is a real problem if you dump limewater directly into the tank. Once PH gets above 8.5 the Calcium and Carbonate you just added will start to precipitate. You could easily end up with a lower Calcium level that what you started with.
mudplayerx
Active Member
It is really easy to drip kalk into the tank, even if you don't have fancy equipment. Just set a gallon jug of kalk mix on top of the tank and use a saftey pin to poke a hole in the lower corner of the jug. It will slowly drain over 1-3 hours. Just make sure that you make the pin-hole above the white layer of precipitate on the very bottom of the jug. You do not want that stuff in the tank.
On adding vinegar: I will never do that again. I added only about 10 drops of vinegar into a gallon of kalkwasser mix and I had an alage bloom that lasted a month.
On adding vinegar: I will never do that again. I added only about 10 drops of vinegar into a gallon of kalkwasser mix and I had an alage bloom that lasted a month.
kdfrosty
Active Member
Originally Posted by mudplayerx
It is really easy to drip kalk into the tank, even if you don't have fancy equipment. Just set a gallon jug of kalk mix on top of the tank and use a saftey pin to poke a hole in the lower corner of the jug. It will slowly drain over 1-3 hours. Just make sure that you make the pin-hole above the white layer of precipitate on the very bottom of the jug. You do not want that stuff in the tank.
On adding vinegar: I will never do that again. I added only about 10 drops of vinegar into a gallon of kalkwasser mix and I had an alage bloom that lasted a month.
Great, thanks for the tips, Mud.
It is really easy to drip kalk into the tank, even if you don't have fancy equipment. Just set a gallon jug of kalk mix on top of the tank and use a saftey pin to poke a hole in the lower corner of the jug. It will slowly drain over 1-3 hours. Just make sure that you make the pin-hole above the white layer of precipitate on the very bottom of the jug. You do not want that stuff in the tank.
On adding vinegar: I will never do that again. I added only about 10 drops of vinegar into a gallon of kalkwasser mix and I had an alage bloom that lasted a month.
Great, thanks for the tips, Mud.