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Old 06-06-2006, 06:53 AM   #26 (permalink)
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the chemist within will require a nice stiff drink after reading, but hey we've got to love the "forced chemisty major" in all of us!

i'll post what i have rob

http://cashh.de/?page_id=56

http://www.aquacare.de/info/tipps/e_ca_kh.htm
http://www.aquacare.de/glossar/egl_para.htm

http://www.andy-hipkiss.co.uk/caalkbal.htm

http://haaga.aqua-web.org/hardware/index.htm

RB needs to translate these
http://www.hausriff.ch/
http://haaga.aqua-web.org/hardware/index.htm
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Old 06-06-2006, 11:22 AM   #27 (permalink)
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thanks V. i will check thise out tonight..
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yeah, they were great links. The first one was the best English version. Hausriff is Iwan's site, just FYI...
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My only concern about the kalkwasser is that with a larger tank, it seems like an awful lot of kalkwasser to make up constantly in order to use it as top-off water. Am I confused about this?
I found these two articles useful

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php#11

The short of it is if you have enough space for a large container you do not have to make it up constantly. I use a 20 gallon garbage can every three weeks. My biggest problem now is increasing the evaporation rate on my 125g.

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your right, the bigger the tank, the more is needed, but in theroy the hydroxide solution should be increaseing at a steady rate even with the same sized tank! because between the growth factors in play, any new additions or simply the fact that the coral decied they want more this week, it can drain the over all system pretty quicky! giving rise to the collapes of the three pillars! Alk ,PH, Ca!

thats said, the choice is open to upgrade to a reactor!
which will handle all your needs, but requires no less attention in regards to the levels in the tank parameters! u can also continue with supervision the top up of Ca hydroxide(kalk) at the ame time, in the research i have come across in my travels its a trend that seems to be gaining momentum.

the biggest draw back with increaseing the volume of the kalk storage vessile is the contact with air that sets off a chain reaction quickly depleteing or robbing the mixture of its availability & usefulness to the corals
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Thanks Jon for posting those articles. They were insightful. It took me awhile to get back around to this thread though.

So, I think I'm leaning more towards the Ca Reactor and I can still add some kalkwasser as well if I want!
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calcium reactor all the way, less maintinece!!!
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still needs to be monitored daily! Co2 rate especially!, more expensive to buy initally, depending on the source in the reaction chamber can be cheaper to run taken as a whole! although recharging bottles can become a pain if your far away from a source! its definately the most stable option, and definately effective for larger scale applications or high absorbtion rates where dosing kalk becomes an act of futility chasing your own tail!!!!
ideally kalk should still be used for topoff, and contributes to the three pillars of stability!
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Thanks V! I gotcha!!
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