Dosing advice

[Mark_C]

Pickling Lime, is, in effect, kalkwasser, and its a heck of a lot cheaper.

 

[amado]

I read in a reef2reef forum of someone stirring this pickling lime into their RODI top off and that's all they used for years. His tank looks great and it seems like such a simple DIY (kinda) kalkwasser.

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Kalk is really hard on pumps. It’s cheap but it has its limits. If you have a large tank it’s not a good solution.
Kalk for the aquarium is cheap I wouldn’t risk using something that’s for gardening to save $20.
If you are going to use kalk you should use it with a doser and not your ato. That way you can control what you are dosing.

 

[amado]

Pickling Lime, is, in effect, kalkwasser, and its a heck of a lot cheaper.

Yeah but it’s not worth it. Aquarium kalkwasser is so cheap. It’s not worth the risk. It’s $20 I got this like two years ago and I still have some.

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[Jamie S]

Kalk is really hard on pumps. It’s cheap but it has its limits. If you have a large tank it’s not a good solution.
Kalk for the aquarium is cheap I would risk using something that’s for gardening to save $20.
If you are going to use kalk you should use it with a doser and not your ato. That way you can control what you are dosing.

Good to know thanks!