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Originally Posted by fishinboy
Lime? how much do you add and How often and why
well here goes my crash course explanation for this..Bang guy showed me a thread about kalkwasser...which is basically lime mixed with R/O water..it makes calcium carbonate or sumthing like that which is bennificial for corals and helps to maintain a stable ph and alkalinity...lets see..tryin to remember what else it said...ummmm....your parameters need to be stable and spot on or u can throw your tank out of whack and possibly kill ur livestock....it should e slowly dripped into ur tank or it will cause a spike in ph....the drip can be run throughout the night, or 24/7 if u have a 24/7 lit refugium....ummm...what else did i learn :thinking: ...if u do make kalkwasser and dose with it, u gotta let it sit for about an hour before u cna start the drip, its gotta be kept in an airtight container or it will precipitate <proper word???)and make a nasty film on the bottom of urtank, or in the bottle u have it contained in...if dripped, it should be dripped into a high flow area such as next to a powerhead or pump...i believe bang guy said sumthing about dripping into his skimer...but youll have to check with him on that as i am no expert on this subject...thats about all i remember as of now...i kinda hope Bang shows up and reads what i wrote..i want him to see what i have learned today...and to correct any mistakes i a have made!
Lime? how much do you add and How often and why
well here goes my crash course explanation for this..Bang guy showed me a thread about kalkwasser...which is basically lime mixed with R/O water..it makes calcium carbonate or sumthing like that which is bennificial for corals and helps to maintain a stable ph and alkalinity...lets see..tryin to remember what else it said...ummmm....your parameters need to be stable and spot on or u can throw your tank out of whack and possibly kill ur livestock....it should e slowly dripped into ur tank or it will cause a spike in ph....the drip can be run throughout the night, or 24/7 if u have a 24/7 lit refugium....ummm...what else did i learn :thinking: ...if u do make kalkwasser and dose with it, u gotta let it sit for about an hour before u cna start the drip, its gotta be kept in an airtight container or it will precipitate <proper word???)and make a nasty film on the bottom of urtank, or in the bottle u have it contained in...if dripped, it should be dripped into a high flow area such as next to a powerhead or pump...i believe bang guy said sumthing about dripping into his skimer...but youll have to check with him on that as i am no expert on this subject...thats about all i remember as of now...i kinda hope Bang shows up and reads what i wrote..i want him to see what i have learned today...and to correct any mistakes i a have made!