Do you know how hard it is to get your system back into order after dosing consistently with Calcium Chloride over a long period of time? It's very hard. A number of years ago I got tired of the kalkwasser dosing and I started doing the Calcium Chloride & Buffer thing and everything looked great (corals and tests) for quite awhile.
Then suddenly I couldn't get anything stable, the pH and calcium, magnesium and alk were all screwed up. There was a major ionic imbalance in the tank. I could dump products in forever to try and correct the problem, it wasn't until I did a bunch of large water changes that things were corrected.
Not until I did some major water changes and changed calcium sources did things straighten out. LESSON LEARNED.
I agree with Brad, Calcium Chloride (ie. Turbo Calcium) is a great product for a periodic calcium boost. But for long term calcium management, you have to go with Kalkwasser or 2 part solutions for smaller systems and a calcium reactor for large sps systems. No cheaper way around it.
I am looking forward to reading the guys article on diy 2 part solutions in April, but as long as Calcium Chloride is the calcium component, I won't be adding it to my tank every day.
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03-16-2004, 09:47 PM
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