How to Elevate Your Ph With Kalkwasser

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9 ай бұрын

DISCLAIMERS:
(1) Presented results do not happen overnight. It takes months to see effects of kalkwasser on your system, so be patient!
(2) HTA does not recommend running a 8.5 average on Ph. We highly recommend trying on run a 8.3 average. 8.1 - 8.2 is totally fine as well and your corals will thank you!
(3) Keep an eye on. your CALCIUM, it will slowly rise through kalkwasser dosing. When it gets too high, take kalkwasser dosing offline for a few days, until your Calcium falls back to natural levels. Substitute with a two-part alkalinity buffer to keep your alkalinity stable during that period.
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Products & Equipment used in the video:
@captiv8aquaculture www.captiv8aquaculture.com Calcium Hydroxide Kalkwasser
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High Tide Aquatics is located at 2819 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94602
www.hightideaquatics.net | @hightideaquaticsoakland

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@arashvarzandeh4860 7 ай бұрын

Awesome. Most simplest and easily understandable kalkwasser video I’ve seen. Ozone next please!

@fostee1 2 ай бұрын

Great vid. Love the info and tribute to Jake

@hightideaquaticsoak 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@acrocapital 4 ай бұрын

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.

@PnCBio 2 ай бұрын

Love any HTA content :). great video

@thomasdirocco 9 ай бұрын

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!

@49erReefer 9 ай бұрын

Great seeing you today my friend. Keep up the great work!

@Cornered_Cat 9 ай бұрын

Golden info, Kenny for the win!!

@johnwilliams4806 Ай бұрын

Very well done thx

@queencityreefs 9 ай бұрын

Great video 👌💯✌️

@eqbalaizimi8099 6 ай бұрын

Very thorough and easy to understand! thanks!

@hightideaquaticsoak 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@HCBCHEMISTRY 8 ай бұрын

Cool Lil video

@cody-zo6 3 ай бұрын

Miss you everyday Jake, cant image how beautiful his tanks are passed through the gates of heaven!

@hightideaquaticsoak 3 ай бұрын

For real!!!! I think about him and what he did for this hobby all the time!!!!!

@rubenespinosa1685 8 ай бұрын

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 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@hightideaquaticsoak 8 ай бұрын

Yes it’s a balancing act that takes time to dial in. Unfortunately there is no “recipe” as every system is different.

@andrew5762 7 ай бұрын

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.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😀

@CoralReefkid 6 ай бұрын

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?

@hightideaquaticsoak 6 ай бұрын

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.

@CoralReefkid 6 ай бұрын

@@hightideaquaticsoak thanks so much will do.

@engelitoalcantara9300 7 ай бұрын

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?

@hightideaquaticsoak 3 ай бұрын

You can set it to dose 25 times, 50 times, all the way up to 200 times a night!

@islandreef5292 6 ай бұрын

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?

@hightideaquaticsoak 6 ай бұрын

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.

@islandreef5292 6 ай бұрын

@@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

@Coral-reef. 18 күн бұрын

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 😢

@hightideaquaticsoak 18 күн бұрын

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.

@Ricflairnatureboy 9 ай бұрын

how do you like the hydros control vs apex?

@hightideaquaticsoak 3 ай бұрын

I love my hydros!!!!!

@samuelphillian1286 9 ай бұрын

Do I need kalkwasser on a 13 gallon soft coral tank?

@hightideaquaticsoak 9 ай бұрын

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.

@stoneyman8396 7 ай бұрын

How often do you remove the slurry buildup

@hightideaquaticsoak 7 ай бұрын

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