nitroxdiver009
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my calcium is 420 and has been for 3 days now using LCR ( liquits calcium reactor) lcr is what ill refer to it as for now on
liquid calcium reactor
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Kent Marine
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Hello All,
I've just returned from Cincinnati for store training and have not looked at the posts since Friday evening. I will review them and post answers as time permits.
I've just returned from Cincinnati for store training and have not looked at the posts since Friday evening. I will review them and post answers as time permits.
snowdogging
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Kent Marine said:
Your reasoning to not give out these "ingredients" doesn't pass the sniff test to me. If this is a brand new method of keeping calcium in solution in stronger quantities then I would think that legally you would want to patent this approach. If you were to patent it then you would be able to provide us with the method/formula without worry.
Since you are hesitant to provide us details then it would seem that this must not be a new method that you can patent. So, the chemical properties of this method must be known and reproducable through known chemistry.
Since I have concluded that it is a known method and you don't have a patent then I would doubt it would be very hard for a competitor chemist to mimic. This led me to realize that if you are not trying to keep it from your competitors then your hesitation must be aimed at keeping the method/properties from your customers. And if you are keeping it from your customers, is it possible that your formula may have negative properties that you don't want advertised?
I've heard of people saying similar things about the all-in-one blocks -- that they seem to work for some people at maintaining calcium and alk. Maybe 2 or 3 manufacturers have found some screwy combination of chemicals that can work ... but are scared witless about divulging the formula for any number of reasons ... and can't patent it because the formula is somewhat public.
Just something to chew on.
Just something to chew on.
nolofinwe
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I've read this entire thread top to bottom.
Aside from the headache, I've come away with one thing: an appreciation and a little bit of humilty for being able to hear straight from the mouth of a company that frankly, didn't need to give an explanation in the first place.
Kent Marine, thank you for your time.
Oh, and your turbo calcium has been about as effective raising my Ca as my roommate has been washing the dishes.
namely: very poor.
Oh well, nothing a butt-load of water changes haven't fixed.
Could I ask, though, I've got this little bottle of turbo calcium, and I've been using it, a little over reccommended dosage (probaby 20% more) for a little over a month, and my Ca is still in the 310-330 range.
Water changes with Oceanic salt have helped, but is there a dearth of a trace element that can explain the lack of results with this product?
My 75G tank only has a few SPS corals. Although it has always been completely covered in corraline.
thanks!!
Aside from the headache, I've come away with one thing: an appreciation and a little bit of humilty for being able to hear straight from the mouth of a company that frankly, didn't need to give an explanation in the first place.
Kent Marine, thank you for your time.
Oh, and your turbo calcium has been about as effective raising my Ca as my roommate has been washing the dishes.
namely: very poor.
Oh well, nothing a butt-load of water changes haven't fixed.
Could I ask, though, I've got this little bottle of turbo calcium, and I've been using it, a little over reccommended dosage (probaby 20% more) for a little over a month, and my Ca is still in the 310-330 range.
Water changes with Oceanic salt have helped, but is there a dearth of a trace element that can explain the lack of results with this product?
My 75G tank only has a few SPS corals. Although it has always been completely covered in corraline.
thanks!!
A few things could be happening ... first, your system could be using more calcium than you're adding through calcium chloride (in Turbo Calcium) ... second, your calcium kit could be wonked ... third, your alk could be wonked from adding an unbalanced calcium additive.
There's a sticky at the top of Randy's forum with an awful lot of articles talking about calcium, alk, and how to maintain them. My favourite is limewater / kalk / kalkwasser. It's dead cheap, easy to add, and helps stabilize systems.
HTH
nolofinwe
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YES! MORE READING!
kidding, thanks for the help.
my Alk is fine, though, I test PH, Alk, Ca, Nitrates on a fairly regular basis. I dose reef builder for alk and ph.
And as i sit here I'm watching the silicone and PVC Cement dry on my DIY Kalk-reactor.
let's see how this goes here...
kidding, thanks for the help.
my Alk is fine, though, I test PH, Alk, Ca, Nitrates on a fairly regular basis. I dose reef builder for alk and ph.
And as i sit here I'm watching the silicone and PVC Cement dry on my DIY Kalk-reactor.
let's see how this goes here...
Kent Marine
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Thunnus said:Alright, here is what I am going to do. Tommorow I am going to turn off my co2. I am going to only use liquid reactor to maintain my current calcium and alkalinity (430 & 10dkh). I have used enough Kent products to know that no harm will come out of my unscientific experiment. Kent Marine, what is the MAX per day dosage that you would recommend for a heavily stocked 80 gal? I am going to dose that amount. I will keep everyone posted on the progress. Dont worry about the integrity of this "study"I hope that this product works. It would be great for my nano if it does. I will only use it as Kent Marine directs.
Kent Marine, just so you dont think that I am anti-Kent, here is a picture of one of my tank cabinets. Many of your products I cant live without. My issue is only with the products previously mentioned.
Sorry for the long delay in responding; I've been quite busy as of late. I see that there have been many comments from multiple members that I need to address, so I'm just going to go one at a time...
Jason,
I can't see the photo, you might try to re-post it. Let me state that I am not an advocate of adding twenty-something products to any aquarium. I personally use only four or five on my own reefs. Just to clarify my position...
Kent Marine
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Thunnus said:
No, it's not the same as far as I'm concerned. I wrote that material, and it was not my intention to lead hobbyists to believe that this is a replacement. As I have stated, this is an alternative for those hobbyists who don't have the cash to buy a full system. Nothing more was meant.
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