jaddc November 15, 2013 Author Share November 15, 2013 Everything is still the same as my 10/6 post. With the exception of one thing -- I'm now dosing kalk. My coral depletes the calcium and carbonate very quickly. So now I mix 60 ml of kalk with 180 ml vinegar and dilute that to 5 gallons with RO/DI and use that for top-off water. It doesn't solve the problem, but it lessens the depletion. Since I started that, my acros have had a small but noticeable growth spurt. Tank is still doing great. Still have not shot an update video. My next thing is that I am going to pull the bag of carbon|GFO this weekend. At that point, I'll have only mechanical filtration to clear the water in between water changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlin December 31, 2013 Share December 31, 2013 (edited) how do you measure the kalk? are you using powder or is it liquid/paste? Edited December 31, 2013 by jimlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaddc December 31, 2013 Author Share December 31, 2013 I'm using the BRS Kalk powder. 60ml = 1/4 cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlin December 31, 2013 Share December 31, 2013 How do you keep it mixed in the ATO container? I noticed that when I make Kalk, the powder tends to collect at the bottom of the container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wangspeed January 1, 2014 Share January 1, 2014 How do you keep it mixed in the ATO container? I noticed that when I make Kalk, the powder tends to collect at the bottom of the container. That is correct. The clear liquid should be saturated. You don't want to dose the cloudy stuff, for many reasons. -- Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom2245 January 1, 2014 Share January 1, 2014 Very nice tank! The Go-Pro video was cool. It's not everyday that we get an in-tank video tour of somebody's tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaddc January 1, 2014 Author Share January 1, 2014 Very nice tank! The Go-Pro video was cool. It's not everyday that we get an in-tank video tour of somebody's tank. Thanks! I really need to do an update -- my corals have been growing like crazy! That is correct. The clear liquid should be saturated. You don't want to dose the cloudy stuff, for many reasons. -- Warren Yes, exactly. I have my dosing pump elevated so that it only draws from the clear liquid. When I refill the container, I turn off the ATO for a few hours to let the excess kalk settle out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlin January 1, 2014 Share January 1, 2014 sweet, i been manually dosing vodka when i feed the fish. i may start doing it your way and add the vodka and a little kalk in the ato container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaddc January 1, 2014 Author Share January 1, 2014 (edited) You probably won't get enough of a vodka dose using the ATO only -- unless your ATO was like 75% vodka. I have some vinegar in mine, but not enough to affect my N's and P's. Edited January 1, 2014 by jaddc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wangspeed January 4, 2014 Share January 4, 2014 sweet, i been manually dosing vodka when i feed the fish. i may start doing it your way and add the vodka and a little kalk in the ato container. I would not advise vodka and kalk together, but vinegar and kalk is a match made in heaven. Vodka dosing in an ATO is probably hard to get accurate since it is so potent compared to vinegar for C. Also keep in mind that it will likely wreck havoc on the pump unless it is a peristaltic. -- Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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