[reefburnaby]

Hello,

Actually, I am a cheap bastard in an expensive hobby [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

...try king eds on Edmunds + Kingsway. $30 for 1kg of Reef Advantage or Reef Buffer.

As for what makes this so expensive -- Ignoring picking lime, scientfic grade CaOH2 (aka kalk) is about $9/kg in Delta. The hidden advantage is that the kalk method requires less buffer. Kalk has OH-, a acid neturalizing compound or base, so less buffer is used -- hence you don't have to add as much buffer to maintain your dkH. The hidden disadvantage is that you need a doser. If you use lfs kalk, which is more expensive, the advantages aren't as big.

Currently, I dose four times a week for buffers and twice a week with Calcum. Seachem is easier to use than kalk. I am just stating the fact that Seachem is a little expensive and other alternatives do exists.

If I had to chose again, I would probably lean towards 2 part or calcium reactor -- depending on size of the tank.

[ 25 August 2001: Message edited by: reefburnaby ]