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Otty · 04-23-2008, 03:29 AM

It settle out at the bottom of the container and the pH should be around 10 to 12 if how I tell if it's good. Don't know how you are mixing it but I run a reactor and turn the pump on twice a day to mix and then let it settle for about 2 hrs before I turn it back on for makeup water.

Just make sure when you are mixing it that you don't splash the water around. CO2 will destroy the kalk so do a real light and slow stir.

04-23-2008, 03:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Otty Giant Squid Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40 Posts: 3,236 Karma: 3045	It settle out at the bottom of the container and the pH should be around 10 to 12 if how I tell if it's good. Don't know how you are mixing it but I run a reactor and turn the pump on twice a day to mix and then let it settle for about 2 hrs before I turn it back on for makeup water. Just make sure when you are mixing it that you don't splash the water around. CO2 will destroy the kalk so do a real light and slow stir. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula) 3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO₄ Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "