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Old 12-20-2002, 11:46 PM
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Ditto to Doug and Brad regarding mix-and-go (TM).

I dump 3 heaping teaspoons of Kalk into my Kent Aquadose 2.5gal container. Put in a little RO/DI water, and shake up the mix. Then top up the jug with RO/DI water and set the drip rate.

As I am sumpless, milky Kalk drips straight into the tank, near my Hang-on Skimmer so that it is quickly mixed into the tank water by either the skimmer outputs or sucked into the skimmer itself and mixed up.

Never had a problem with pH swings or calcium precipitate.

And I also agree about Kalk maintaining but not raising Calcium levels. I've been dripping Kalk for over a year, and my Calcium levels have actually decreased. I need to use a product like Kent's Turbo Calcium to boost my Calcium levels back up to 350-400ppm (they are at 230ppm now) and then the Kalk will just help maintain the levels. Even with larger Kalk doses, no appreciable increase in Calcium levels has been observed.
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