I have been reading up on dosing kalk to take care of my low Ca and Alk levels as well as algae in my 15g. I would like some comments on the setup and the frequency of dripping kalk.
The plan is as follows:
I will mix a week's worth of Kalk, which will be 1 gallon (128 Oz.). The solution is then immediately poured into (7) 16.9 Oz. Poland Sring bottles and each are capped. The solution will sit for at least 24 hrs. Each night when the lights are off I will begin dripping the kalk solution. I haven't fully timed how quickly ~>16 Oz. is released, but I will say its on the order of about 7-8 hours. Every night a new bottle is attached to the dripper making sure not to unsettle the milky solution on the bottom of the container.
For the first two weeks I plan on testing the water each night prior to adding the kalk, after the two weeks I think I will be able to tell if dripping every night is necessary or not.
So after reading and reading I'm still a little confused with the question below.
1. Is ~16 Oz. too much per night or will I find out through testing? My topoff could certainly take 16Oz. each night.
Also, any suggestions are very very welcome.
Thanks.
The plan is as follows:
I will mix a week's worth of Kalk, which will be 1 gallon (128 Oz.). The solution is then immediately poured into (7) 16.9 Oz. Poland Sring bottles and each are capped. The solution will sit for at least 24 hrs. Each night when the lights are off I will begin dripping the kalk solution. I haven't fully timed how quickly ~>16 Oz. is released, but I will say its on the order of about 7-8 hours. Every night a new bottle is attached to the dripper making sure not to unsettle the milky solution on the bottom of the container.
For the first two weeks I plan on testing the water each night prior to adding the kalk, after the two weeks I think I will be able to tell if dripping every night is necessary or not.
So after reading and reading I'm still a little confused with the question below.
1. Is ~16 Oz. too much per night or will I find out through testing? My topoff could certainly take 16Oz. each night.
Also, any suggestions are very very welcome.
Thanks.