AEFW tank treatment with Potassium chloride

[christyf5]

LOL, I was wondering about side effects. I guess its one way of getting rid of that pesky fish you can't catch. Sheesh, who has a reef tank without fish/crustaceans/non-coral animals in it? (asking rhetorically, I know theres some of you out there ).

That being said, its a hell of an easier time getting the fish out than removing all the encrusted corals. Is there any data on the half life (if there is one) of the active KCl or is it removed only via waterchange with monitoring (do K test kits test for that??).

[albert_dao]

Wow, now I have a use for the 40+ kg of Potassium Chloride I have lying around. Great writeup Rich!

[Proteus]

Is there a recipe for a dip... Grams or tbsp per litre kinda thing

[Bblinks]

Need to test your tank's potassium level than elevated to around 1500ppm.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Need to test your tank's potassium level than elevated to around 1500ppm.

Yes.. I don't want to do tank treatment.. Just as a dip.. But I believe it's 11grams per litre will give you 1500ppm

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Yes.. I don't want to do tank treatment.. Just as a dip.. But I believe it's 11grams per litre will give you 1500ppm

Just make sure you get a good test kit, the one we used just couldn't go that high even though we cut the volume of test water down by half. I did raise the potassium level pretty high without an ill effect to the corals. FYI

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Just make sure you get a good test kit, the one we used just couldn't go that high even though we cut the volume of test water down by half. I did raise the potassium level pretty high without an ill effect to the corals. FYI

Thank you