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Old 01/02/2008, 11:34 AM
Hendersonracing Hendersonracing is offline
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Originally posted by DocG
On a large tank with a high calcium demand the kalkwasser is going to have a very insignificant effect on your Ca and alkalinity. The only reason to dose it in a larger system is to keep the pH up. It does a fairly reasonable job doing this.

Without kalk my pH swing is from 7.75 to 8.0

With kalk my pH swing is from 7.95 to 8.12
mine runs 7.75 night and 8.0 day...should I run some kalk as a top off to raise my ph?? My calcium load is kinda low right now!

I run my reactor ph on 6.4 and a slow drip..
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