Recently I set up a BRS 50/ml per hour dosing pump to a SATURATED reservoir of kalkwasser. (ms wages) Then use a multi-timer to dose every hour on the hour. This is not a replacement for ATO but a supplement. Originally I was adding the Kalk at different ratios to the ATO but this is MUCH more accurate.
The Kalkwasser is saturated at 2 teaspoons per gallon but the good thing is saturation can be achieved by just putting too much in!
Then just dial the amount of time the pump is on for each cycle until you have stability. I dose ~1000ml on a 120 gallon total system with old large LPS and some younger SPS. I would call it a medium stocked tank.
Once set up and dialed, my dKh has been exactly 8.4 every time I test. (Red Sea) Wish I had this 5 years ago.
Pump $60 Timer $10 Ms Wage $5 and works really well. Only have to refill the reservoir every 10 days or so. Was thinking of going to Calcium reactor but until this stops working i'll keep the $600, the CO2 refils, and monitoring the bubble and drip rate for a later time.
The Kalkwasser is saturated at 2 teaspoons per gallon but the good thing is saturation can be achieved by just putting too much in!
Then just dial the amount of time the pump is on for each cycle until you have stability. I dose ~1000ml on a 120 gallon total system with old large LPS and some younger SPS. I would call it a medium stocked tank.
Once set up and dialed, my dKh has been exactly 8.4 every time I test. (Red Sea) Wish I had this 5 years ago.
Pump $60 Timer $10 Ms Wage $5 and works really well. Only have to refill the reservoir every 10 days or so. Was thinking of going to Calcium reactor but until this stops working i'll keep the $600, the CO2 refils, and monitoring the bubble and drip rate for a later time.
