One safety tip to add on to Kenny's great explanation, you can add the kalk powder to the full water amount to prevent breathing caustic dust and splashing it into your eyes. Kalk is cheap and so much more reliable now with dosing pumps. Having one single additive helps both newer and experienced reefers alike reduce the complexity of the hobby!
Great video! This is how I’ve been doing it for a long time. It’s nice seeing someone else using the Sentia dosers, they’re awesome dosers that are very underrated. Cheers!
High tide I also tried to achieve your method in my own methodology but my alkalinity always jumps up to 12 dkh before I have to stop the process, I run a calcium reactor and adjusting the reactor in conjunction to doseing the kale proves difficult because a reactor is basically a set and foreget piece of equipment so I’m open to suggestions on the ph issue as well, two part might be a bit more fore giving In adjustments but I’m still trying to figure it out. Great video by the way 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hi can you help I want to dose 3.5 lites per 12 hrs .( evaporation 3-5 to 4 ) I was thinking of dosing 6ml per minute . 6 x 60sec =360 p/hr x 12hr =4320ml x 7 days = 30,240 ( just over 30 ltes ) can you see this being a problem 🤷🏻♂️as I haven’t got ph controller.👍🏴😀
Hey man im trying to figure the kalkwasser thing out but im still confused. My tank is very simple i even top off manually. So how do you dose kalwasser to a 60 gallon tank in the most simple way ? Please reply to me my ph is at 7.5 😢
This video explains a simple way to do it using a dosing pump. You can set a dosing pump to almost match your evaporation rate, just monitor your alkalinity like the video explains.
Hello sir, just bought the aquavitro doser as well. How were you able to figure out that it doses every 7mins? I would like to figure that out as well. I’m going to dose at night over a 12 hour period dosing only 200ml . How do I figure out when it doses?
When your bin runs empty you can actually just add RO and stir in the leftover sediment. It will dissolve and then just keep adding more and stirring until you reach max saturation of 12.5ph
Thinking of switching from all for reef to kalkwasser in a mainly lps and softie tank. Can i still use my ato and dose only a small amounts at night only?
Your ato will kick on whenever it wants due to evap. So you can’t control it like a dosing pump. You will also need to clean your pump out more often from the kalk. Dosers are best if you want precise control.
It’s not necessary at all, the ph benefit could help the corals, but your probably fine without it, just keep up on water changes, 10% on a 13 gallon tank once a week is quick and easy. You can dose trace elements for them, I use captive8 Isol8-mt. We have it at the store. Works great for my softie tank at home.
Would you dose kalkwasser alongside an all in one product like tropic Marin all for reef? Also, if my BRS kalkwasser bag hasn’t been sealed properly for months, is the contents now junk?
Ya can dose both, just need to test to figure out proper dosage, just be careful. I dose kalk and alkalinity but I test often. I dose based on alk consumption but you need to keep an eye on calcium as it will rise. Months of an open bag of kalk powder will definitely loose potency. Also be careful with brands of kalk that have the potential for impurities. That’s why I dose with Captive8, zero impurities.
Seeing this tank in person inspired me to start dosing kalkwasser on my system! Thank you for doing a video on how you do this.
Awesome. Most simplest and easily understandable kalkwasser video I’ve seen. Ozone next please!
One safety tip to add on to Kenny's great explanation, you can add the kalk powder to the full water amount to prevent breathing caustic dust and splashing it into your eyes.
Kalk is cheap and so much more reliable now with dosing pumps. Having one single additive helps both newer and experienced reefers alike reduce the complexity of the hobby!
doing the lords work brother ty.
Great video! This is how I’ve been doing it for a long time. It’s nice seeing someone else using the Sentia dosers, they’re awesome dosers that are very underrated. Cheers!
I got turned onto those by Jake. Yes they are great and simple to use!
Very thorough and easy to understand! thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Great vid. Love the info and tribute to Jake
Appreciate it!
Miss you everyday Jake, cant image how beautiful his tanks are passed through the gates of heaven!
For real!!!! I think about him and what he did for this hobby all the time!!!!!
Great seeing you today my friend. Keep up the great work!
Love any HTA content :). great video
Golden info, Kenny for the win!!
Cool Lil video
High tide I also tried to achieve your method in my own methodology but my alkalinity always jumps up to 12 dkh before I have to stop the process, I run a calcium reactor and adjusting the reactor in conjunction to doseing the kale proves difficult because a reactor is basically a set and foreget piece of equipment so I’m open to suggestions on the ph issue as well, two part might be a bit more fore giving In adjustments but I’m still trying to figure it out. Great video by the way 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Yes it’s a balancing act that takes time to dial in. Unfortunately there is no “recipe” as every system is different.
Great video 👌💯✌️
Very well done thx
Hi can you help I want to dose 3.5 lites per 12 hrs .( evaporation 3-5 to 4 ) I was thinking of dosing 6ml per minute . 6 x 60sec =360 p/hr x 12hr =4320ml x 7 days = 30,240 ( just over 30 ltes ) can you see this being a problem 🤷🏻♂️as I haven’t got ph controller.👍🏴😀
Hey man im trying to figure the kalkwasser thing out but im still confused. My tank is very simple i even top off manually. So how do you dose kalwasser to a 60 gallon tank in the most simple way ? Please reply to me my ph is at 7.5 😢
This video explains a simple way to do it using a dosing pump. You can set a dosing pump to almost match your evaporation rate, just monitor your alkalinity like the video explains.
What alkalinity do you shoot for ?
7.5-8.0. But number isn’t as important as stability!
Hello sir, just bought the aquavitro doser as well. How were you able to figure out that it doses every 7mins? I would like to figure that out as well. I’m going to dose at night over a 12 hour period dosing only 200ml . How do I figure out when it doses?
You can set it to dose 25 times, 50 times, all the way up to 200 times a night!
How often do you remove the slurry buildup
When your bin runs empty you can actually just add RO and stir in the leftover sediment. It will dissolve and then just keep adding more and stirring until you reach max saturation of 12.5ph
Thinking of switching from all for reef to kalkwasser in a mainly lps and softie tank. Can i still use my ato and dose only a small amounts at night only?
Your ato will kick on whenever it wants due to evap. So you can’t control it like a dosing pump. You will also need to clean your pump out more often from the kalk. Dosers are best if you want precise control.
@@hightideaquaticsoak id use my reef dose 4 doser and have ATO still hooked up is what I meant. I'm thinking I won't use the max kalk for the day
I currently started using kalkwasser ph now stays between 8.0-8.3. But my alkalinity is constantly going down.
Bump up your dosage
how do you like the hydros control vs apex?
I love my hydros!!!!!
Do I need kalkwasser on a 13 gallon soft coral tank?
It’s not necessary at all, the ph benefit could help the corals, but your probably fine without it, just keep up on water changes, 10% on a 13 gallon tank once a week is quick and easy. You can dose trace elements for them, I use captive8 Isol8-mt. We have it at the store. Works great for my softie tank at home.
Would you dose kalkwasser alongside an all in one product like tropic Marin all for reef?
Also, if my BRS kalkwasser bag hasn’t been sealed properly for months, is the contents now junk?
Ya can dose both, just need to test to figure out proper dosage, just be careful. I dose kalk and alkalinity but I test often. I dose based on alk consumption but you need to keep an eye on calcium as it will rise. Months of an open bag of kalk powder will definitely loose potency. Also be careful with brands of kalk that have the potential for impurities. That’s why I dose with Captive8, zero impurities.
@@hightideaquaticsoak thanks so much will do.
It’s 2025 and I still can not believe Jake is no longer with us
Ya man, still hard to believe! Miss him and his knowledge!!!😢
How high is to high for cal..before water change or stop kalk?
I stop kalk when cal hits 500