Kent Marine Liquid Reactor
 

Hi all...... I have a question that I am hopping someone may know the answer to? Has anyone used Kent Liquid Reactor? I got some last time I was getting reef stuff. I am not sure that it does much of anything? It claims all kinds of stuff. It claims that it completely replaces calcium reactors! Maybe I am not doing it the proper way? However it does seem hard to screw up adding a cap of liquid to a tank. How do people without the aid of calcium reactor dose calcium on this site? I am using Kent Turbo Calcium.

Thanks for the help!
Keana

I use liquid reactor and it works awsome! I just add a cap full every threee days :biggrin:

Please tell me more...
 

Hi and thanks for getting back to me on this. I want to be a fan of this stuff cause it sounds so great. It says you should add every night. Why do you add only every three days? What does it do for you? I have the very worst time keeping my calcium up and I dose every day. Every morning I dose for kh and then in the afternoon I dose for calcium. If I miss even one day (or 2) my calcium can fall from 435 to 350 or lower. I am thinking that I would like a calcium reactor so I can keep ahead of this. I was hopping that Liqiud Reactor woudl does this for me.

Please let me know anything you can!

Thanks, Keana

If your tank is big enough or SPS/clam heavy, then you are better off using a calcium reactor.

If its a small reef or has fewer calcium-sucking organisms in it, then Liq. Reactor can work great. My tanks are usually low in SPS & I've had very good results with Liq. Reactor (my Derasa, Squamosa & Hippo clams have all grown extremely well). Sumpinfish & I seem to be the biggest fans of Liq. Reactor in the Lower Mainland I think. :redface:

HTH,

Anthony

i'm using essential elements (think thats what it is called) also by kent i believe. i also dose kalk. I may increase my dosing as i just added sps to my tank.

Thanks for all the info!
 

The link was very helpful. There have been so many great things said about it that I will have to give it another good try. It's great to hear that so many people have tank sizes like mine.

Thanks, Keana

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Russ said....How big is your tank and what do you have in it? I dose about 60 mL per week on my 80 gallon system and I think that is a lot.

Re: Please tell me more...
 

that could be the answer to your low calcium right there :)

Some more info please?
 

Hi, I am not sure what the last posts means when the person says that the problem could relate to me dosing. I dose kh in the morning and then balence the cal with this:

http://www.kademani.com/reefchem.htm

Is there a beter (or proper) way that I am not doing? Please let me know.

Thanks! Keana