Thanks Chris!

More Reefs/ACI collaborations, these are the best videos out there :D

Hell yes I’ve been waiting for this

Thanks for a great VLOG

Been using Kalk since 2005, works great..

Thanks for your time . 🙏. I love your videos dedication and info.

love this video, thanks for all in the info Chris

Another great informative video. I dose alot considering the size of one tank because my chalice and porities are the size of salad and dinner plates. My favia, softball size. So i dose alot of 2 part. I notice seasonal growth typically in the Spring and Fall. Maybe it’s just my tank, but find it interesting.

This are the kind of videos that I will like for them to be longer because they teach good. Keep them coming to us guys a lot of information here , so basically all I need to do is keep my CR running and my kalkwaser giving my sump the replenish water that was evaporated with RODI water through the kalk

Awesome video!

Chris is the guru that I listen to more than any other. More Chris plz

Literally just got done reading about kalk in Julian sprungs “The reef aquarium” vol. 3

Chris, respect for sharing your experience 👏you gave me lots of good ideas and observations 👍

great video..

Hello Chris, thank you for above precious informations and I would like to make a daring try(due to the likelyhood of high Alk changes). Im having a 20gallon ios tank my question is how should I take care of the trace element

genious!

My tank is slowly starting to crash coz I’m going in year 12 now and have so little time, finally setting up kalk and mag dosing today tho and once it’s all dialled in, it should be much easier to keep everything alive

Thanks for the tips. I am going to try this for the fourth time. I crashed my tank three times before using the same brs kalkwassrr. I threw it away and just bout two little fishes kalk and will tale it slow, monitor the ph amd alkalinity.

It's just amazing, I just discover your method last night. On my side I use calcium reactor for my 380 gal reef tank. Did you have negative effects at the beginning when you adjust for the proper dosing of kalk? From what I understand with your method, I should disconnect my calcium reactor and use only kalk for a better result? Do you add kalk at night only, all time or twice a day? Is there a danger for calcium precipitation if you add too much too fast? Thanks for your advice

Great video! Listen to Chris, he knows his stuff :)

You should check out telegraham. He is dosing kalk slurry. I believe he is doing 1 cup of of Calcium Hydroxide to one gallon which is 24x the concentration of typical mix. He uses a Jebao SLW-10 to keep it constantly mixed.

I began this method and it seems like every so often, during the day my PH drops down below where I want it and my controller needs to frequently dose the kalk to bring it back up. I’m chalking this up to seasonal changes when I have windows open/closed. Since Chris programmed the Apex to only dose at night, should I follow suit and just deal with the occasional PH dip, or should I just keep my controller programmed to maintain 8.3 24/7 like it’s been? Thanks for any help of anyone can respond !

Can you do a video,more on the equipment needed to do this method.. For those on a budget and have smaller systems 200 gal and less. controller / ph probe / dosing pump.

Chris. If you have Kalk settlement in the bottom of your container does that mean you don’t need to add more Kalk? That all you need to do is add RODI and stir it up?

Hi chris I’m dosing kalc through the nite (12 hrs ) by a dossing pump , my main concern is I haven’t got a apex . So no turning off or on , my evaporation is 3 1/2 ltes per day so I just does the kalcwasser no r/o . Can you see this being a problem as my kalc may rise 🤷🏻‍♂️😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

I’ve put off switching from 2 part for this no one can explain it like Chris 🌱🌿🌴

From this method, dosing kalkwasser to maintain ph. I can use my controller/ph monitor to dose kalk and keep ph in a range of 8.3-8.4, and over time alk/calcium will level itself out?

Is there a link to exactly how to dose the kalk

Kalk does not add any Mag or any other trace elements does that matter though ? do you need to dose those Mg and Trace regularly ? if yes then what do you use and how do you dose them ?

Cool video, like to see the equipment behind systems, how much kalk are you dosing in 24 hrs to how much system water volume?, do you dose over night to offset ph swings ?. I have reduced our kalk dosing to 12 hours overnight on our 600 gallon system, even with a calcium reactor running at 200ml a minute the ph was topping over 8.4 by the end of the lighting period under 6 haldes which I thought is too high, so it's 12 hours of calcium reactor in the day and 12 hours of kalk by night on our system.

Does all kalk brands give you the same over all ph? Witch brand will give you the highest level? If I’m running full saturation of kalk. I can’t add anymore because evaporation rate is at max capacity what else can I do to raise ph higher?

how long will kalkwasser last in a sealed 5 gallon bucket? And can I just keep adding and mixing in the bucket as long as I keep it sealed? And just siphon out the middle solution not from the top or bottom of the bucket? Or should I dump everything out clean the bucket and start fresh everytime?

Hey Chris....many people now are dosing the kalk slurry using a pH probe. What do you see as negatives to this?

I want to know what is Chris Meckley opinion on the new Brightwell Boost pH+ INCREASER witch is essentially transferring his idea(potassium hydroxide) into a hobby grade formula, easier to dose.

I appreciate the effort, but I was hoping to hear more detailed instructions on exactly how you dosed the kalk, in top off or a different line? Just wasn’t very detailed.

is that ok to run kalkwasser even your doing balling method like AF 123? or should i replaced the balling method with kalkwasser?

Only reason i dont dose kalk is because i dont have a controller so cant have a constant watch. Btw whats your opinion on kalk slurry thats been going around?

So if im using the balling method I can dose kalk aswell? Providing its calculated correctly?

What kalkwasser brand do you recommend I buy ?

I dose kalk and remove equal parts tank water, this way your always in balance,

How to dose?? sorry where on this video does it take you through the process???

What's the Ph of the kalkwasser mix solution?!

Ok most of this video talks about kalkwasser and includes info that has been around for years. It gives a couple of tips on what they are doing but no details. If you’re are going to label a video the ACI method then give us that method everybody already knows kalk raises alk and ph that’s why we use it!

What is this superficial carbonate business, Im curious to know more about that.

This video doesn't actually detail anything. Chris talks about the benefits of kalkwasser and discusses the results they've had with it. He maybe gives one or two small technical details. But yet again I have not seen Chris give any details of exactly what he is doing here. He just says he is using potassium hydroxide and that it is dangerous. Chris, if you are going to title a video "HOW TO dose kalkwasser" we need you to actually give concise step by step instructions on what your setup is. What equipment, what parameters, what interval. Are you using a kalkwasser reactor? What pumps are you using? Show us how you mix it, show is how you dose it. Don't just say "we recommend you use a dosing pump". This isn't a how to, and every single KZfaq video you guys make about this supposedly awesome PH boosting method gives absolutely zero detail. You just give yourselves a pat on the back without telling anyone more than very generic basics. Yeah. Kalkwasser is good. We get it.

kalkwasser is balanced calcium and alkalinity. You said your alk will initially rise and you will have low calcium. That is not possible. They will both rise and the corals will use them at the same rate because they are balanced and taken at the same ratio from the corals.