Reef Tank Suppliments

[skozzy]

Since I am new to this coral tank hobby I am finding myself needing to ask
questions all the time.

Today I picked up 20kg of Live rock, I took along with me the recordings I
done of the water in my tank, the guy there said the KH levels in my tank
were a little too low and I should get some suppliments to help raise the
levels from 70 where it is now to 125-150. He told me of a brand but with
all the excitment of getting the live rock I forgot what he was talking
about. The CA levels I got from testing the water was around 420 on the 1st
day, and 410 on the 4th day, the KH was 110 on the first day and now 70 on
the 4th day.

So what are some brand names and product types that i should be looking for
to help correct this KH level ? and is there a way of getting the tank to
sustain the KH levels without having to manualy add it ?

-Andrew

[Marc Levenson]

Hi Andrew,

What you are likely referring to is dKH. If you can get your readings to be
between 8 and 11 dKH, or 2.86 - 3.89 meq/L, you'll be matching Natural Sea Water
(NSW). Some people even go higher, but there is a limit to how high you can go
safely.

I use ESV's B-Ionic, a two-part liquid additive. It has to be dosed daily, to
keep your levels of Alkalinity and Calcium up.

Marc


skozzy wrote:

> Since I am new to this coral tank hobby I am finding myself needing to ask
> questions all the time.
>
> Today I picked up 20kg of Live rock, I took along with me the recordings I
> done of the water in my tank, the guy there said the KH levels in my tank
> were a little too low and I should get some suppliments to help raise the
> levels from 70 where it is now to 125-150. He told me of a brand but with
> all the excitment of getting the live rock I forgot what he was talking
> about. The CA levels I got from testing the water was around 420 on the 1st
> day, and 410 on the 4th day, the KH was 110 on the first day and now 70 on
> the 4th day.
>
> So what are some brand names and product types that i should be looking for
> to help correct this KH level ? and is there a way of getting the tank to
> sustain the KH levels without having to manualy add it ?
>
> -Andrew

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[skozzy]

Daily .. Wow. isn't there a long term solution ?

But thanks for your reply.. I will shop around for the stuff tomorrow.

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Andrew,
>
> What you are likely referring to is dKH. If you can get your readings to
be
> between 8 and 11 dKH, or 2.86 - 3.89 meq/L, you'll be matching Natural Sea
Water
> (NSW). Some people even go higher, but there is a limit to how high you
can go
> safely.
>
> I use ESV's B-Ionic, a two-part liquid additive. It has to be dosed
daily, to
> keep your levels of Alkalinity and Calcium up.
>
> Marc
>
>
> skozzy wrote:
>
> > Since I am new to this coral tank hobby I am finding myself needing to
ask
> > questions all the time.
> >
> > Today I picked up 20kg of Live rock, I took along with me the recordings
I
> > done of the water in my tank, the guy there said the KH levels in my
tank
> > were a little too low and I should get some suppliments to help raise
the
> > levels from 70 where it is now to 125-150. He told me of a brand but
with
> > all the excitment of getting the live rock I forgot what he was talking
> > about. The CA levels I got from testing the water was around 420 on the
1st
> > day, and 410 on the 4th day, the KH was 110 on the first day and now 70
on
> > the 4th day.
> >
> > So what are some brand names and product types that i should be looking
for
> > to help correct this KH level ? and is there a way of getting the tank
to
> > sustain the KH levels without having to manualy add it ?
> >
> > -Andrew
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>

[Kevin M]

"skozzy" > wrote in message
...
| Daily .. Wow. isn't there a long term solution ?
|
| But thanks for your reply.. I will shop around for the stuff tomorrow.


That IS the long term solution. Unless you want to spring for a Calcium
Reactor. Even then, you still have to test daily until the reactor is dialed
in.

There are no shortcuts to maintaining Alk/Ca.

Kev