Appreciation post: dosing kalkwasser on a drip saved my alk swings

I was chasing pH and alkalinity for months with two-part and kept bouncing from 7.8 to 8.4 every other day. My torch corals would look fine one week then recede the next. A guy at my LFS in Nashville told me to try a simple kalk drip at night. I set up a 5 gallon bucket with a cheap dosing pump dripping 3ml per minute and now my alk sits at 9.0 steady for two weeks straight. Has anyone else dropped two-part for kalk and seen less stress in their LPS?

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michael69322d ago

Kalk drip is the way to go honestly. I made the switch a few months back and my hammers stopped acting moody overnight. Less gear to mess with too which is a bonus.

hugow3022d ago

Overnight? I've been fighting with my hammers for six months trying different dosing methods and they still look at me sideways. That's some kind of reef voodoo you've got going on there.