Using kalkwasser

[fireguy98]

I have a bubblemagnus doser. How many millaliters do you dose a day.

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[Myka]

I just started it up on this tank a couple days ago. I'm dosing 1.6 mL per minute for 6 hours per day which is about 575 mL right now which replaces about 1/8th of my dosing. In a few days or a week I will double this, and eventually work up to dosing it 24 hours per day (2300 mL). Then I will start adding vinegar and increasing the amount of lime. I like to make changes slowly. Of course I have to monitor pH to make sure I am able to dose this much without increasing pH too much.

Oh, I forgot to elaborate above that adding vinegar, with it being a carbon source, will help to lower nitrate and phosphate.

[PurpleMonkey]

I use a gravity powered drip of saturated Kalk solution. Super easy to setup, maintain and cheap.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by PurpleMonkey

I use a gravity powered drip of saturated Kalk solution. Super easy to setup, maintain and cheap.

Pretty much what I used for top off. No math involved

[Myka]

I tried the gravity drip method years ago and the hose always got plugged. I had one of those Kent Aqua Dosers. You guys don't have that problem?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Myka

I tried the gravity drip method years ago and the hose always got plugged. I had one of those Kent Aqua Dosers. You guys don't have that problem?

No, used that for years. I might have cleaned the float valve once a year, that was it.

Not the doser unit itself, but a 5g jug tied into the float valve