ellisz
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hi all,
I have been adding pickleing lime to my top off water for about 3 weeks. Before dosing, my CA ranged from 375-390 and Alk was 2.5-3 meg/L. I was trying to bump everything up just a tad but testing after the kalk additions has yielded the same numbers? PH is 8.2-8.4 and temp is 82-85. I have been having temp problems as of late with the MH's.
Also, if you add to much lime to the water will you just be wasting kalk since the water will only absorb so much. I have been putting in 1tbs per gal and I think it should be 1 tsp! I normally error on the low side but not this time.
Thanks
I have been adding pickleing lime to my top off water for about 3 weeks. Before dosing, my CA ranged from 375-390 and Alk was 2.5-3 meg/L. I was trying to bump everything up just a tad but testing after the kalk additions has yielded the same numbers? PH is 8.2-8.4 and temp is 82-85. I have been having temp problems as of late with the MH's.
Also, if you add to much lime to the water will you just be wasting kalk since the water will only absorb so much. I have been putting in 1tbs per gal and I think it should be 1 tsp! I normally error on the low side but not this time.
Thanks