lime water as kalk substitute?

[piggybank2005]

some people do this and i am just wondering does anyone here do this and how do you make the lime water.

 

[phases99]

Pick yourself up some Balls or Mrs Wages Pickling Lime from your grocery store and mix up 1 or 2 teaspoons per gallon of RO or DI water and mix gently. Let stand air tight for at least a few hours and siphon off clear liquid into a dosing container and drip about 1 drop per second into an area of high flow. Make sure you monitor PH, alk and ca until you get comfortable and make changes to the drip rate and/or lime additions accordingly. Best to drip after lights out. Real easy to do after you get in the habit. HTH

 

[easyian]

Not to hijack but you really only need to dose with kalk when you have corals do you not?

 

[piggybank2005]

That's from what I understand. Everything else can be achieved with regular water change.

 

[phases99]

Not to hijack but you really only need to dose with kalk when you have corals do you not?

It should also help to grow nice coralline's.

 

[JG]

Just started using Mrs. Balls Pickling Lime. I am starting to notice an increase in my coralline. It's a lot cheaper than buying commercial kalk. 8)

 

[Biggen]

I am using Ball's lime right now. For just over a buck, you can't beat this stuff. I buy up all of it at one time when I go to the grocery store. I get weird looks from the cashier every time I check out with 10lbs of Kalk.