120 Gallon Progress

mr_alberta · #1 02-26-2006, 02:09 AM

Are you making a Kalk dripper? All you need is a 2L pop bottle, drill a hole in the cap, stick some airline tube in it and seal it, and use a valve with some sort of precision (or tie knots in the tubing) to control the drip rate.

Skimmerking · #2 02-26-2006, 02:13 AM

There goes Harvey mister smarty pants

NanoReef · #3 02-27-2006, 12:35 AM

ok, im home now, i have a question, to do a drip of the pickling lime, how much should i mix to drip into my 20 gallon for the next couple of days????

mr_alberta · #4 02-27-2006, 12:40 AM

Start with 1/2 teaspoon first and adjust as needed. Keep an eye on you pH though and dose it at night.

NanoReef · #5 02-27-2006, 01:22 PM

does this stuff reduce PH??? and why dose at night??? so the corals dont get it full on???? also, i have a container that is 1/2 gallon.....im going to put 1/2 teaspoon in there mixed with the rest of it water...this should last how long??? how many drips should i get?? is it like 1 per second?? thanks

mr_alberta · #6 02-27-2006, 02:07 PM

Here are some good links to read through as this will give you a better understanding of water chemistry in aquariums: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=19425

Also, I'm not sure why you are dosing Kalk if there is nothing but cycling rock in the tank...

Kalkwasser is a very basic solution that will raise pH. The solution itself has a pH of around 12 or so. You drip it at night because the pH of the water in the aquarium drops at night due to respiration of the corals and other photosynthetic organisms in the tank. So to create a more stable pH (in the 8.0-8.2 zone) you drip a high pH solution into the lowered pH solution to bring it back up.

NanoReef · #7 02-28-2006, 01:22 PM

first of all, that is a great link... second of all, i wasnt dripping into my new tank, i was dripping into my 20 gallon. BTW your explaination about what it does was great! it really helped me out with the understanding of this additive!!! Thanks